The Veteran's death was not service-connected, and therefore burial benefits were denied as the Veteran did not have any pending claims for service-connected disability compensation at the time of his death. The Appellant received a $300 burial allowance but no other benefits due to lack of eligibility.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had no pending claims for service-connected disability compensation and was in receipt of a nonservice-connected pension, making him ineligible for 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
- August 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19163740
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What this means for you
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