The appellant is granted accrued benefits for the Veteran's death, as he submitted a timely application within one year of his death.
The deciding factor: The appellant submitted a timely formal application for accrued benefits after receiving incorrect instructions from the RO regarding the filing process.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19193020
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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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