The Board has granted the veteran's claim, allowing him to deduct the entire cost of a headstone for his wife as a burial expense from his countable income for nonservice-connected disability pension purposes.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on precedent that allows for the exclusion of the total cost of a headstone as a burial expense for reducing countable income in nonservice-connected disability pension calculations.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0416185
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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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