The Veteran's death prevented any payment for the month of September 2008 due to his pension benefits being discontinued on August 31, 2008. The appellant did not have a pending claim at the time of her father's death and thus is denied accrued benefits.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died in September 2008, which was after the last day of the month before his death (August 31, 2008). As such, his pension benefits were discontinued on August 31, 2008. The appellant did not have a pending claim for unreimbursed medical expenses or any other VA benefit at the time of her father's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2014
- Citation
- 1448386
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