The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of additional compensation for a dependent spouse, finding that the evidence did not indicate notification of the marriage to the RO until July 1998.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the RO was notified of the marriage to the new spouse in July 1995 as claimed by the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2002
- Citation
- 0202443
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What this means for you
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