Denied
The Board found that the Appellant's income exceeded the maximum annual pension limit for a surviving spouse with no dependents, and thus her survivor pension benefits were properly terminated as of February 1, 2009. The claim for restoration of benefits is denied.
The deciding factor: The Appellant's income was consistently above the maximum annual pension rate set by law, which resulted in termination of her survivor pension benefits effective February 1, 2009.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2020
- Citation
- 20074499
What this means for you
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