Denied
The Board denied the Appellant's claim for nonservice-connected burial benefits as there was no evidence that the Veteran had any disability for which service connection had been granted during his lifetime, and he did not pass away as a result of a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The lack of entitlement to burial benefits is based on the absence of specific statutory and regulatory conditions being met, such as having a service-connected disability at the time of death or receiving VA compensation or pension 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 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098630
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