The Board found that the trust assets held by the appellant were not included in her net worth, and thus her income and net worth are not a bar to survivors pension benefits. The appeal is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the appellant had relinquished all rights of ownership over the trust assets, including any control for her own benefit, which allowed these assets to be excluded from her net worth calculation.
- 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 24, 2019
- Citation
- A19001531
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