The veteran died in December 1982, and his widow was awarded pension benefits. The widow died in October 1999, and the appellant returned a check for her funeral expenses to VA. The Board found that there were no accrued benefits due because the widow's pension had been discontinued as of September 30, 1999.
The deciding factor: The effective date for discontinuance of the widow's pension was September 30, 1999, which is the last day of the month before her death in October 1999. There are no accrued benefits due to the appellant as she did not qualify under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.1000(a).
- 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 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0119005
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