Gillis v. West

KRAMER, Judge:

The appellant, Mary L. Gillis, appeals a March 31, 1997, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) denying accrued benefits in the form of assistance in the purchase of an automobile. Record (R.) at 1-5. This appeal is timely, and the Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 7252(a). For the reasons that follow, the Court will affirm the decision of the BVA.

I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND

The relevant facts are simple and not in dispute. The veteran, late husband of the appellant, served in the U.S. Navy from June 1942 to December 1945 and from July 1951 to December…