Granted
The appellant is granted accrued benefits up to the amount of $30,044.93 for medical expenses paid in connection with the Veteran's surviving spouse's last sickness.
The deciding factor: The criteria for entitlement to accrued benefits under 38 C.F.R. § 3.1000(a)(5) are met as the appellant incurred expenses providing care for the deceased (her mother).
- 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 5, 2021
- Citation
- 21061849
What this means for you
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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