Denied
The Board denied M. as a claimant entitled to death benefits, including dependency and indemnity compensation, survivor pension, and accrued benefits, due to the Veteran and M.'s divorce at the time of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: M. was not married to the Veteran at the time of his death, thus she is not legally recognized as a surviving spouse entitled to death 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
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25096976
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