The Board has granted an earlier effective date for DEA benefits, considering the appellant's eligibility and retroactive application of the benefits as of August 30, 1993.
The deciding factor: The new law allows consideration of the claim being received on a date more than one year before the initial rating decision, which in this case is the enactment of the Agent Orange Act of 1991 and the appellant's eligibility for DEA benefits at that time.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2001
- Citation
- 0127013
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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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