The Board has granted the appellant's claim for an effective date of September 30, 1998, for reinstatement of DIC benefits as her surviving spouse of the veteran. The actual payment will begin on October 1, 1998.
The deciding factor: The provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.114(a) are applicable and allow an effective date of one year prior to the appellant's claim for reinstatement of DIC 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
- April 4, 2001
- Citation
- 0109926
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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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