Elias v. Brown

IVERS, Judge:

The appellant, the widow of veteran Sergio G. Elias, appeals a January 25,1995, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) denying her entitlement to the entire proceeds of the veteran’s National Service Life Insurance (NSLI) policy. Aida Elias, BVA 95-01249 (Jan. 25, 1995). The appellant claims that the veteran lacked testamentary capacity at the time he changed the designated beneficiary of his insurance policy. Several issues in this ease are ones of first impression. The Court has jurisdiction over *261the ease pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 7252(a). For the reasons set…