The Board has determined that the appellant's claim of entitlement to an effective date prior to March 1, 1995 for DIC benefits based on his status as a helpless child is well grounded. The RO will now determine if VA should have considered the appellant's initial application for Social Security disability benefits filed in either 1976 or 1977 and if so, whether it was of a form jointly prescribed by the Secretary and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
The deciding factor: The appellant submitted evidence that his claim is plausible and thus meets the threshold requirement for a well-grounded claim.
- Claimed conditions
- permanent physical disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2000
- Citation
- 0021957
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