The Veteran's pension benefits were adjusted based on his income from Social Security Administration (SSA) benefits, and he is no longer entitled to a higher rate of nonservice-connected disability pension benefits.
The deciding factor: VA pension is needs-based benefit and all payments of any kind are included as countable income to calculate the amount of benefits to be awarded.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral degenerative disk disease, bilateral leg pain with radiculopathy, bilateral hand arthritis, fractured right ankle with mild deformity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2024
- Citation
- 24005870
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