The veteran's medical expenses were applied to reduce his income for pension benefits purposes, and he received all the pension benefits to which he was entitled from January 1999 to January 2000. The appeal is denied.
The deciding factor: The RO applied the regulations correctly by excluding only the amount of unreimbursed medical expenses that exceeded 5% of the maximum annual rate for pension purposes, and thus did not apply any reimbursement to reduce his income.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2002
- Citation
- 0203818
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What this means for you
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