The Board denied the appellant's claim for accrued benefits in excess of $1860.00 paid to her spouse for reimbursement of medical expenses incurred during the 12-month annualization period prior to the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The appellant was not entitled to additional nonservice-connected pension benefits due to her income exceeding the maximum annual pension rate by a certain amount, resulting in an insufficient monthly benefit to cover the claimed expenses.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 29, 2004
- Citation
- 0408080
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