Partly granted
The appellant is granted half of the nonservice-connected burial allowance benefits, but denied a plot/interment allowance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was receiving VA pension benefits at the time of his death and had no service-connected disabilities. The cremation expenses were paid from his estate, allowing for a burial allowance to be granted to the appellant as one of two heirs.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25088000
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