The Board found that the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to February 1, 1996 for payment of additional compensation based on recognition of his spouse and child was well-grounded. The RO had assigned an effective date of February 1, 1996, which the veteran appealed to the Board. The Board determined that the evidence supported a more favorable earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: The veteran provided timely notice of changes in dependent status, but VA may have failed to properly process this information due to administrative error.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2000
- Citation
- 0006321
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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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