The Veteran has established the requisite service for nonservice-connected benefits and is eligible for VA nonservice-connected pension benefits. The overpayment of pension benefits was not properly created.
The deciding factor: The Veteran served during a period of war and has a compensable service-connected disability, meeting the criteria for basic eligibility for VA nonservice-connected pension benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical myofascial syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 1, 2016
- Citation
- 1634465
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