The veteran's effective date for dependency compensation benefits is set from September 1, 1990. The veteran was granted an additional award of service-connected disabilities and his dependents were added to the award.
The deciding factor: The veteran submitted adequate information in August 1990 to establish a claim for entitlement to dependents' compensation benefits, including certified copies of his marriage license and child's birth certificate.
- Claimed conditions
- hiatal hernia, chest pain, residuals of a concussion, scar to the left side of the head
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0118469
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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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