The Board found that reinstatement of the payment of a special apportionment of the Veteran's disability compensation benefits to his estranged spouse, L.M., was not proper and should remain terminated.
The deciding factor: Hardship did not exist for the estranged spouse during the appeal period as she failed to provide updated financial information and the children were over 18 years old and no longer enrolled in school. The Veteran and his estranged wife resided at the same address since January 2003.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1018485
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