Denied
The Board denied the appellant's request for substitution as a claimant to receive accrued benefits due to the Veteran, as the claim that was pending at the time of the Veteran's death was not timely appealed.
The deciding factor: The claim was not timely appealed after the May 2013 and September 2016 decisions, making them final, and thus the appellant has no legal basis for entitlement to accrued benefits.
- 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 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25094159
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