The Board found that the Veteran's income was below the National Means Test due to medical expenses, and thus the change in his means test eligibility category from copay exempt to copay required for income year 2016 was improper. The appeal is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had attributable household income of $38,489 with one dependent, which exceeded the National Means Test threshold of $38,489, but his medical expenses allowed him to be below this threshold and thus eligible for copay exemption.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19193368
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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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