The Board denied the appellant's claims for burial benefits, including a service-connected or nonservice-connected burial allowance, plot/interment allowance, and reimbursement of transportation expenses.
The deciding factor: The application for non-service-connected burial benefits was not received within two years after the Veteran's interment at the national cemetery, making it untimely. Additionally, there were no costs incurred by the appellant's mother for a plot or for interment of the cremated remains, and the Veteran did not die as a result of a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25102895
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