The Board has determined that the reduction of nonservice-connected pension benefits was proper due to the Veteran's failure to provide adequate verification of his income and net worth during the relevant appeal period.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not provide necessary income and net worth information to substantiate his appeal for nonservice-connected pension benefits, leading to a denial as a matter of law.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2017
- Citation
- 1740756
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