The veteran died in 1973, and the appellant is not eligible for death pension or dependency and indemnity compensation as she does not meet the criteria for being a child of the Veteran. The appellant also cannot receive accrued benefits due to lack of unpaid benefits at the time of her father's death.
The deciding factor: The appellant is over 23 years old and was not deemed permanently incapable of self-support before reaching age 18, thus failing to meet the eligibility criteria for pension or dependency and indemnity compensation.
- 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 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19164006
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