The Board has granted a higher rate of payment of nonservice-connected pension benefits in the amount of $170.00 per month from February 1, 2015 to January 31, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's unreimbursed medical expenses (Medicare Part B premiums and over-the-counter medications) were deducted from his countable income, resulting in a lower monthly pension rate that met the criteria for reinstatement of benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19191170
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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.
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