The Board found that the proper effective date for adding the veteran's spouse to his compensation award is December 1, 1999.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not submit the VA Form 21-686c until November 1999, which was after he had been awarded an increased rating in October 1998. The effective date for dependency benefits is contingent on VA receiving information from the dependent spouse.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0206104
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