The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of death pension benefits, finding that the earliest submission by the appellant indicating a desire to seek death pension benefits was on July 18, 2003.
The deciding factor: The May 29, 2003 statement submitted by Mr. T. T., acting as a friend of the widow, could not be considered an informal claim for death pension benefits due to its lack of proper submission and because Mr. T. T. was not qualified to submit such a claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2005
- Citation
- 0506927
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