The Board found that the Appellant's August 2007 Notice of Disagreement (NOD) did not constitute a notice of disagreement with respect to her claim for death pension benefits, but rather was a notice of disagreement regarding her status as a surviving spouse. The Board determined that this NOD initiated an appeal on the issue of her status as a surviving spouse and not on the underlying claim of entitlement to death pension benefits.
The deciding factor: The Appellant's August 2007 Notice of Disagreement was limited to contesting the determination that she was not a 'surviving spouse' of the Veteran, rather than seeking death pension benefits. This view accounts for her filing an election with the DRO process regarding the NOD.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2021
- Citation
- 21039846
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