The Board found that there were no accrued benefits from which the appellant could receive reimbursement for last medical and burial expenses due to her mother, as M. S.'s death pension benefits had expired by the time of her death in February 2002.
The deciding factor: There was insufficient evidence to support a determination of UMEs for 2001 that would allow for retroactive adjustment of M. S.'s death pension benefits, and thus no accrued benefits were available for reimbursement.
- 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 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0614831
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