The Board has determined that the appellant meets the criteria for recognition as the veteran's surviving spouse, allowing her to establish eligibility for VA benefits. The issue of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is remanded to the RO.
The deciding factor: The evidence established continuous cohabitation between the appellant and the veteran up until his death, meeting the legal criteria for a surviving spouse.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2004
- Citation
- 0414711
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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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