The Board denied the appellant's claim for additional accrued benefits of her mother, finding she is not a child and thus not entitled to receive the remaining $10,566 in pension benefits. The decision also noted that the purpose of survivor pension benefits is to provide maintenance income after the beneficiary dies, and there is no provision allowing such benefits to be paid to a substitute claimant.
The deciding factor: The appellant is not a child as defined by VA regulations and thus not entitled to receive the remaining accrued benefits in excess of $2,733 previously paid to her for burial expenses.
- 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 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24066926
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