The Board has granted the appellant's claim for DIC benefits and assigned an effective date of May 1, 1993. The veteran died on April 23, 1993, and VA received notice of his death in April 1993. However, due to a failure to furnish an appropriate application form for DIC benefits to the appellant's custodian (who is also her mother), the effective date was assigned based on the receipt of the informal claim rather than one year prior.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the VA's duty to furnish an appropriate application form for DIC benefits to a dependent who has apparent entitlement, as outlined in 38 C.F.R. § 3.150, provided a basis for assigning an effective date of May 1, 1993.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0003629
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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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