The Board found that the appellant's countable income for death pension benefits purposes has not been correctly calculated, and termination of entitlement to death pension benefits from January 1, 2011 was not proper.
The deciding factor: The appellant's revised evidence demonstrated that her expenses for basic necessities exceeded her income, resulting in a financial hardship where annual expenses necessary for reasonable family maintenance exceeded the sum of countable annual income plus VA pension entitlement.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2014
- Citation
- 1453448
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