The Board has determined that the Veteran's income for 2006 exceeded the VA National Means Test threshold, and therefore he is not eligible for cost-free VA health care beginning July 11, 2007.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's gross household income for 2006 was found to exceed the specified income threshold for a Veteran with one dependent.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1032584
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What this means for you
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