The Board has recognized the appellant as the Veteran's surviving spouse for purposes of VA death benefits, based on evidence showing that the separation was due to the Veteran's misconduct without fault of the appellant.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the separation from June 2013 was substantially due to the misconduct of the Veteran without fault of the appellant, and provided ample evidence supporting this finding.
- 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 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19196273
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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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