The Board denied the appellant's claim of entitlement to VA pension for accrued benefit purposes due to lack of legal basis and failure to meet eligibility criteria.
The deciding factor: The appellant is not a proper claimant for accrued benefits as he does not meet the requirements for being a child or having borne the expense of last sickness or burial of the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 26, 2002
- Citation
- 0210483
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What this means for you
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