Granted
The Board has determined that the appellant is entitled to receive proceeds from the Veteran's NSLI policy due to the Veteran's intent to change his beneficiary, which was successfully canceled by him in February 2009. The children were then deemed the beneficiaries of the policy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's statement in February 2009 effectively removed J.B. as a beneficiary and left the contingent beneficiaries (children) as the next in line for the proceeds.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19124597
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.
What you can do next
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