The appellant is entitled to receive accrued benefits in the amount of $2,128.41 based on medical and burial expenses he incurred for his mother-in-law's last sickness.
The deciding factor: The appellant bore the necessary medical and burial expenses that were due and payable at the time of his mother-in-law's death, as per VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 14, 2001
- Citation
- 0120772
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