The Board has determined that the Veteran's pension benefits were properly terminated due to his income exceeding the maximum allowable rate, and thus denied restoration of these benefits.
The deciding factor: The termination was based on an error in calculating the Veteran's countable income, which led to a misclassification of his spouse's earnings as retirement income rather than wages.
- Claimed conditions
- helplessness, requirement_of_regular_aid_and_attendance
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2024
- Citation
- A24076678
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- Granted
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- Denied
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