The Board of Veterans' Appeals has jurisdiction to decide whether specially adapted housing grant funds may be paid to the appellant's spouse, given that construction had not yet begun and the funds were disbursed before the veteran died. The appellant is entitled to receive SAH funds, subject to certain conditions such as completing and acquiring the home.
The deciding factor: The VA General Counsel's opinion held that the Manual provision applies in a case where construction had not yet begun because the funds had been disbursed before the veteran died.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 3, 2002
- Citation
- 0211089
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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