The Board has determined that the effective date for the award of DIC benefits should be February 1, 1997, the date of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The appellant clearly indicated in her May 1997 application that she was claiming that the cause of the veteran's death was due to service. Since the RO did not forward a formal claim form prior to the appellant receiving one in May 2000, the effective date is taken as the date of the informal claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiomyopathy, Renal failure, Metastatic cancer of the bladder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 9, 2001
- Citation
- 0117971
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