The Board denied the Appellant's claim for death pension, finding that the Veteran did not qualify under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.3(b)(4) due to lack of service-connected disability at time of discharge.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was discharged from service due to unsuitability resulting from psychoneurosis and his condition was not adjudged service-connected, thus failing the requirement for qualifying under 38 C.F.R. § 3.3(a)(ii).
- Claimed conditions
- Psychoneurosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2012
- Citation
- 1212846
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