The Board has granted an effective date of November 2, 1994 for the award of additional disability compensation benefits based upon the dependency of a spouse. This decision is based on the liberalizing law that took effect in November 1994 and was applied within one year of its effective date.
The deciding factor: The appellant's request for an earlier effective date was granted because he filed his claim within one year of the effective date of the liberalizing Veterans' Benefits provisions, which relaxed the evidentiary standards necessary to establish the existence of relationships for the purpose of payment of benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0015236
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