The Board denied the Appellant's claim for nonservice-connected death pension benefits because the Veteran did not have 90 days of qualifying active service, and therefore was not entitled to any periodic monetary VA benefits.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not meet the requirement of having 90 days of qualifying active service as defined by VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- deformity, lower extremity, right
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2019
- Citation
- A19002157
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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