The Veteran died in September 2005 and had not received any VA compensation at the time of his death. The appellant's claim for accrued benefits is denied as the Veteran was not entitled to any VA compensation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not have a pending claim or entitlement to service connection at the time of his death, nor were there existing rating decisions that would qualify him for accrued benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic carcinoma of the lung
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19103087
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected condition, and thus denied both his claim for cause of death benefits and his request for dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318.
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