Denied
The veteran's spouse sought burial benefits for the veteran who died in January 2024. The Board denied both plot/interment and transportation allowances because the veteran was not receiving VA compensation or pension benefits at the time of death and did not die from a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not meet the criteria for nonservice-connected burial death benefits as he was not receiving VA monetary benefits and did not have a pending claim for such benefits at the time of his death.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005565
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