The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran's daughter, [redacted], is entitled to the proceeds of her father's NSLI policy as he designated her as the sole principal beneficiary in his last change of beneficiary form signed on February 17, 1996.
The deciding factor: The veteran possessed testamentary capacity and did not lack mental capacity when he signed the beneficiary designation form for his NSLI policy.
- 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 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0018509
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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