The Board denied the appellant's request for an earlier effective date of August 6, 2008, for resuming payment of nonservice-connected death pension with aid and attendance to her. The decision stated that there was no communication from the appellant or her representative prior to August 6, 2008, constituting a formal claim or informal claim for entitlement to resumption of payment.
The deciding factor: The effective date could not be earlier than August 6, 2008, as it would have resulted in excessive countable income and thus ineligible for pension payments.
- Claimed conditions
- nonservice-connected death pension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0946734
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