The Veteran's son is granted reimbursement for $790 in transportation expenses related to his nonservice-connected burial.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the criteria for reimbursement of transportation expenses were met based on specific statutory and regulatory requirements, which have been satisfied up to the amount of $790.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 5, 2019
- Citation
- A19003338
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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