The Board found that the Veteran's attributable household income for 2016 was below the VA National Means Test threshold, thus changing his means test eligibility category from copay exempt to copay required in the VA healthcare system for income year 2016 was improper and granted the appeal.
The deciding factor: The Board found that life insurance distributions were excluded from the Veteran's income due to being a return of premiums, which resulted in the Veteran’s household income for 2016 being below the MT threshold.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19182709
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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