The claim for nonservice-connected burial benefits is granted due to the appellant's expenses related to her father's funeral and burial. The claim for accrued benefits is also granted as she incurred costs for his last sickness and burial.
The deciding factor: Both claims were granted based on the appellant's personal expenses incurred for her father's final days and burial.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19115793
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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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