The Board found that the RO properly calculated the Veteran's annual income to include his spouse's income until December 12, 2005, in determining the rate of non-service-connected pension benefits.
The deciding factor: VA was not notified of a change in the Veteran's income prior to December 12, 2005, and thus did not retroactively adjust his pension payments as requested by the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 16, 2009
- Citation
- 0943434
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