The Veteran's death qualifies for nonservice-connected burial benefits due to the lack of next of kin claiming his body and insufficient resources in his estate. The accrued benefits claim is granted as the appellant paid the expense of the Veteran's last sickness.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had no dependents, met the service requirements for pension eligibility, and did not exceed the maximum allowable pension rate for the relevant years.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2010
- Citation
- 1006887
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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