The Board denied the reduction of nonservice-connected pension benefits for the period from December 1, 2016 to December 1, 2017.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's pension payment was calculated based on his SSA disability payments. In December 2016 VA erroneously determined that the Veteran received $971 per month from SSA. In May 2017 VA received clarification from SSA that the Veteran received $972 per month. VA accordingly notified the Veteran of the error and proposed to reduce his nonservice-connected pension by $1 per month.
- 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 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19194303
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What this means for you
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