The Board has determined that the Veteran and his spouse's income was not in excess of the maximum annual pension rate (MAPR) for the first year of their pension, allowing them to receive a monthly pension of $2,054 from April 25, 2013 through December 1, 2013. For the period after December 1, 2013, they were entitled to a monthly pension of $2,085.
The deciding factor: The Board applied the correct annualization period and determined that the Veteran's income was not in excess of the MAPR for the first year of pension entitlement, allowing them to receive the maximum pension rate.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 30, 2024
- Citation
- 24004504
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,011 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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