The Veteran's daughter is not entitled to accrued benefits as she was over the age of 23 at his death and did not qualify as a child for purposes of receiving such benefits. The Board also denied any additional payment due to the appellant, as there were no other burial expenses or last sickness expenses that she had borne.
The deciding factor: The appellant is not eligible for accrued benefits because she was over the age of 23 at her father's death and did not qualify as a child under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1015092
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