The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits, as well as her claim under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 due to lack of entitlement based on the evidence provided.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not meet the criteria for DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 because she was not in receipt of or entitled to receive compensation at the time of her husband's death for a service-connected disability that was continuously rated totally disabling by a schedular or unemployability rating for a period of 10 years immediately preceding his death.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety neurosis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2001
- Citation
- 0105239
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