The Board found that the reduction in nonservice-connected pension benefits was proper due to an increase in the Veteran's dependent spouse's income from Social Security benefits.
The deciding factor: VA reduced the Veteran's non-service-connected pension benefits effective October 1, 2011, based on his dependent spouse receiving SSA benefits which increased their annualized income for VA purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1757904
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