Denied
The Veteran's death was not service connected, and the appellant did not provide evidence of a pending claim for compensation or pension benefits. The Veteran died at his residence without being under VA care, so he does not qualify for nonservice-connected burial benefits.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died at home without receiving any VA care, which is required to meet the criteria for nonservice-connected burial benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19149268
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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