The Board denied the appellant's claim for reimbursement of the Veteran’s widow's burial expenses because there were no accrued benefits from which to reimburse due to the appellant failing to provide requested information regarding her deceased mother-in-law's financial status.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not provide necessary information about her deceased mother-in-law's financial status, preventing a determination on whether she had lived continuously with the Veteran until his death and thus establishing accrued benefits for burial expenses.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19102753
What this means for you
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