The veteran's pension benefits were terminated due to fugitive felon status from February 1, 2002, and December 16, 2004. The Board found that the evidence did not establish that he was a fugitive felon, thus terminating his pension payments was improper.
The deciding factor: The veteran's termination of pension benefits due to fugitive felon status from February 1, 2002, and December 16, 2004, was found to be improper as the evidence did not establish that he had engaged in an intentional act of fleeing from prosecution or custody.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0843065
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