Granted
The Veteran's death was not service-connected, and the appellant is granted VA burial benefits based on nonservice-connected death. However, reimbursement for transportation expenses to a national cemetery is denied as the Veteran was not buried in one.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was not buried in a national cemetery, thus preventing reimbursement of transportation 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
- October 6, 2020
- Citation
- A20015217
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.
What you can do next
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