The Board denied the claim for accrued benefits in excess of $69.00, as the Appellant did not meet the requirements to substitute as a child of the Veteran and was only eligible for reimbursement for the expenses of the Veteran's last sickness or burial.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not demonstrate that the Appellant meets the definition of the Veteran's child for VA purposes under 38 C.F.R. § 3.57, and accrued benefits may be paid only as necessary to reimburse the person who bore the expense of last sickness and burial.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25036400
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 882 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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