The Board has determined that the appellant's unreimbursed medical expenses from February 1997 and for the next 12-month annualized period should be excluded from her income for VA improved death pension purposes.
The deciding factor: The appellant initiated a claim during February of 1997, updated her income information within the next 12 months in January 1998, and provided her unreimbursed medical expenses for that period. The regulations allow for exclusion of such expenses under the 12-month annualization system.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0109143
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