The Board dismissed the appellant's appeal regarding an earlier effective date for DIC and denied her claim for service-connected burial benefits greater than $2,000. The maximum amount of $2,000 was awarded for service-connected burial expenses as the Veteran died from a non-Federal employee.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is no legal basis to award any additional amounts than those already awarded due to the appellant's death being from a non-Federal employee and the maximum amount of $2,000 was granted for service-connected burial expenses.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19149708
What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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