The Veteran's VA non-service-connected disability pension benefits were not properly calculated for the period from February 1, 2011 to December 1, 2015. The Board has granted his appeal and awarded additional pension benefits based on an error in counting his Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits as income.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's SSI benefits were incorrectly counted as income, leading to a reduction in his pension benefits. The Board found that the PMC improperly included these benefits in determining his countable family income and recalculated his pension entitlement accordingly.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20024836
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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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