Granted
The appellant is entitled to a survivor's pension of $298 per month, but no higher, from June 1, 2025.
The deciding factor: VA could no longer deduct expenses from the Veteran's burial in calculating pension entitlement from June 1, 2025, resulting in a lower countable income and thus a reduced pension rate.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100730
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