Denied
The Board denied accrued benefits for the appellant due to her not being a qualifying child and lack of evidence showing she incurred expenses related to her mother's last sickness and burial.
The deciding factor: The appellant is not eligible as a qualifying child, and there is insufficient evidence to substantiate that she paid for her mother's last sickness and burial expenses.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2020
- Citation
- 20006175
What this means for you
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