The Board denied a request for an earlier effective date for the award of nonservice-connected pension benefits, finding that the Veteran's initial application was abandoned due to his failure to submit a completed application within one year of a November 2010 letter requesting it. The Board also found there was no evidence the Veteran detrimentally relied on the October 22, 2011 date in failing to submit a completed application.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's initial pension application was deemed abandoned due to his failure to submit a completed application within one year of a November 2010 letter requesting it. The Board found no evidence that the Veteran detrimentally relied on the October 22, 2011 date in failing to submit a completed application.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2018
- Citation
- 18154538
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