The Veteran's death was not due to a service-connected disability, and the appellant did not submit her claim for burial benefits within two years of the Veteran's burial. Therefore, she is denied nonservice-connected burial benefits.
The deciding factor: VA burial benefits are only provided under specific circumstances, including when the cause of death is from non-service-connected causes and the veteran was properly hospitalized by VA at the time of death. The appellant did not meet these criteria as her claim for burial benefits was submitted more than two years after the Veteran's burial.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1021927
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