Denied
The Board denied the Appellant's claim for recognition as the Veteran's surviving spouse, which would have allowed her to receive Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits and survivors' pension benefits.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a determination that there was continuous cohabitation or mutual consent between the Appellant and the Veteran after their divorce in 1985 until the Veteran's death in March 2019, which is required for recognition as a common-law spouse under Alabama law.
- 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 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25094734
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