The Veteran's death was not service connected, and the appellant did not meet the criteria for nonservice-connected burial benefits as her claim was filed within two years of the Veteran’s cremation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died at a private hospice facility and had no pending claims or compensation/pension benefits. The regulations governing burial benefits were amended in 2014, but the criteria remained unchanged for nonservice-connected deaths.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19115440
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