The veteran's adult daughter, who was permanently incapable of self-support prior to her 18th birthday, is denied retroactive benefits as the claim for dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) was not received within one year of entitlement or before her 18th birthday.
The deciding factor: The effective date for DIC benefits cannot be earlier than February 1, 1996 due to the appellant's failure to submit her claim within a year of becoming permanently incapable of self-support and prior to her 18th birthday.
- Claimed conditions
- permanently incapable of self-support
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2000
- Citation
- 0004535
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