The Board denied the appellant's claim for an earlier effective date of DIC benefits, finding that the veteran was not entitled to any VA benefits at the time of his death and thus there were no potential benefits of which to notify the appellant.
The deciding factor: The law as in effect at the time did not afford the veteran entitlement to either pension or compensation benefits based on the evidence then of record, and the appellant is precluded by law from alleging clear and unmistakable error (CUE) regarding the RO's January 1994 adjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- lung cancer, liver cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2002
- Citation
- 0206967
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