The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and entitlement to DIC benefits, finding she was not legally entitled to VA death pension benefits as the surviving spouse due to her subsisting marital status.
The deciding factor: The appellant had remarried in 1968 and again in 1985, which terminated her eligibility for VA death pension benefits as the veteran's surviving spouse. The RO requested additional information regarding her 1968 marriage but did not receive it.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2001
- Citation
- 0124002
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