The Veteran's death was not service-connected, but he was in receipt of VA compensation and pension benefits at the time. The appellant is granted burial benefits for a plot or interment allowance and nonservice-connected burial benefits, but denied reimbursement for transportation expenses.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died while receiving VA disability compensation and had no other service-connected conditions that would have entitled him to additional burial benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- labrynthitis, scars of the scalp and chin
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 23, 2024
- Citation
- A24039900
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