The veteran is granted an effective date of December 1, 1994 for the payment of an additional dependency allowance for his spouse.
The deciding factor: The veteran had a service-connected disability and submitted paperwork indicating he was married to his spouse since November 9, 1994. The VA awarded him an additional dependency allowance effective October 1, 1998 but granted it retroactively to December 1, 1994.
- Claimed conditions
- service-connected disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0029214
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- Denied
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