The Veteran's death occurred before the VA specially adapted housing grant was deposited into an escrow account. The appellant requested reimbursement for expenses incurred related to the home adaptation, but there is no evidence that the Veteran himself incurred any obligation over and above the $6,459 already paid in connection with his specially adapted housing grant.
The deciding factor: The law limits the payment of appropriated funds to expenses incurred by the Veteran prior to his death. There is no legal basis for reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses not directly related to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities or obligations he himself incurred.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2009
- Citation
- 0936654
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