Denied
The Board denied the appellant's request to be recognized as the Veteran's surviving spouse for purposes of dependency and indemnity compensation, as they were divorced at the time of his death.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the appellant and the Veteran remarried before the Veteran's death in February 2018, and there was no legal basis to consider their marriage valid after a civil divorce.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016958
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