The Board has determined that the Veteran's income exceeded the maximum annual pension rate (MAPR) from January 1, 2018 to December 1, 2018, and thus denied nonservice-connected pension for this period. However, from January 1, 2018 onwards, the Board has granted nonservice-connected pension as his income did not exceed the MAPR.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's income exceeded the applicable maximum annual pension rate (MAPR) until January 1, 2018, but after that date it did not exceed the MAPR.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 26%
- Decision date
- July 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20045188
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