The appellant is not legally entitled to a sum greater than $8,070.00 for nonservice-connected pension benefits owed to the Veteran at the time of his death.
The deciding factor: The amount due to the Veteran from December 2002 until his death on October 1, 2003 was calculated as $8,070.00 based on the annual rate for pension and the number of months he received benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- nonservice-connected pension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1024419
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