The Veteran's son requests burial and plot benefits for his deceased mother, but the appeal is denied as there are no applicable laws or regulations providing such benefits for a nonservice-connected veteran's spouse.
The deciding factor: Applicable laws and regulations do not provide for burial or plot internment benefits for a nonservice-connected deceased veteran's spouse.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple wounds, Profuse hemorrhaging, Shock
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2014
- Citation
- 1437464
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