The Board denied the appellant's claim for additional accrued benefits, finding that she is not eligible to receive any benefits due to her not meeting the definition of a surviving child and because the expenses claimed were not incurred as part of the Veteran's last sickness or burial.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the appellant paid the assisted living facility fees herself or that these expenses were incurred as part of the Veteran's last sickness or burial.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19150824
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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