The Veteran's spouse is granted entitlement to a government-furnished headstone or grave marker as the Veteran died after November 1, 1990 and was buried in a private cemetery. The VA previously provided a marker but it was destroyed during reinterment. As all criteria were met, the claim for a government-furnished marker is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had honorable service and was eligible for burial in a national cemetery. His death occurred after November 1, 1990 and he was buried in a private cemetery, meeting the eligibility criteria for VA-provided markers.
- 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 27, 2020
- Citation
- A20016117
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,977 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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