Denied
The Board denied recognition of D.T. as the Veteran's surviving spouse for VA purposes, finding no evidence of remarriage and that she was divorced from the Veteran at the time of his death.
The deciding factor: The weight of the evidence did not demonstrate a valid marriage between the Veteran and D.T. subsequent to their divorce in April 2004, nor did it show continuous cohabitation or any mitigating circumstances.
- 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 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25109333
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