The Veteran's death was not service-connected, and the appellant did not meet the criteria for burial benefits as her claim was filed outside of the two-year time limit. The Board denied the appeal due to lack of legal basis.
The deciding factor: The appellant failed to meet the eligibility criteria for nonservice-connected burial benefits as her claim was submitted after the two-year deadline and she could not demonstrate that the Veteran's death met any of the specified conditions for payment.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2018
- Citation
- 18109334
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