The Board denied the termination of the veteran's daughter's apportionment of his VA pension benefits, finding that she does not meet the criteria for an apportionment due to her lack of dependency and the absence of legal responsibility for her support.
The deciding factor: The veteran's award of VA disability compensation includes no additional benefit payable to him for V., who is not considered a dependent for VA pension purposes as she is not in his custody and he makes no contribution to her support. Any obligation to furnish financial support was extinguished by the divorce decree, thus she does not have basic eligibility for an apportionment of his pension benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0017664
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