Assertion: spouse's claim | /r/HasProperty | pending
Facets:
value: as of september
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Accrued benefits would include any claim (whether formal, informal, or inferred) that was pending and unresolved at the time of the veteran's death, or any recurring benefit that was due but not paid at the time of the veteran's death (such as when a claim was approved but the veteran died before the initial check was issued, or when the initial check was issued but the veteran died before negotiating it).
text: A:For the purpose of assigning an effective date for a compensation or pension claim, if the claim was pending as of September 4, 2013 (the date on which the President directed VA to cease enforcement of statutory provisions defining spouse and surviving spouse as a person of the opposite sex), the effective date will be assigned as if the laws barring VA's recognition of same-sex marriage had never been in effect.