Legal Opinion
Bone v. Brown
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided October 11, 1996No. 95-919PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARLEY, Judge:
This is an appeal from a July 26, 1995, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) which denied reinstatement of the appellant’s death pension benefits after they were terminated by VA due to excess income. 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 BVA decision.
I. BACKGROUND
The appellant is the widow of veteran John D. Bone, who died in May 1965. Record (R.) at 19. She began receiving a death pension in January 1966, retroactive to May 1965. Ibid. Her pension was…
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