The Board found that additional compensation benefits for the veteran's children should have been effective earlier than June 1, 1996. The decision granted the veteran's claim for his son and partially granted it for his daughters.
The deciding factor: The amendments to the law allowed acceptance of a written statement as proof of dependents' relationship, which was provided by the veteran in May 1996 when he submitted birth certificates and social security numbers for all three children.
- Claimed conditions
- Bell's palsy, tinea pedis (skin condition of the feet), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and spontaneous right pneumothorax (asthma)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0000516
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the service connection claims for Bell's palsy, organic heart disease, and hypertension due to the Veteran's death during the appeal period.
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