Osborne v. Principi

KRAMER, Associate Judge:

Appellant seeks a reversal of a March 13, 1991, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA) denying appellant, the spouse of a deceased veteran, entitlement to non-service-connected burial benefits. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Appellant’s spouse (the veteran) served on active duty from February 1943 to October 1945. R. at 1. He had been awarded a non-compensable service-connected rating for a scar of the right thigh, and he was not in receipt of non-service-connected pension benefits. In the Appeal of Nadine Osborne, BVA 91-08025, at 2 (Mar. 13, 1991). On November 29,…