The veteran's pension benefits were awarded and paid based on income information provided by the veteran. The appellant did not report any deductible medical expenses, including recurring Medicare payments and private medical insurance costs, which would have reduced his countable income for pension purposes. As a result, there were no accrued benefits due at the time of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not report any deductible medical expenses in his initial pension application, preventing the deduction from his countable income and resulting in no accrued benefits being due at the time of his death.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2002
- Citation
- 0216693
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