The Board has determined that the veteran was not service-connected for any disability at the time of his death, nor were the statutory and regulatory requirements for a nonservice-connected burial allowance met. Therefore, the appellant is denied entitlement to an allowance for burial benefits.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not have a service-connected condition at the time of his death, and there was no evidence that he had been hospitalized by VA or received care from a State-approved nursing home prior to 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
- May 17, 2004
- Citation
- 0412725
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What this means for you
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