The Board has determined that the effective date for payment of additional compensation benefits for a dependent spouse should be October 1, 1978, and no earlier.
The deciding factor: The veteran's marriage certificate was submitted in August 1968, and VA disability compensation had been granted since May 1968. The effective date change applied due to the Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-479), which increased eligibility for additional compensation for dependents from a combined rating of not less than 50% to one rated at least 30%. The veteran's spouse was added as a dependent effective October 1, 1978.
- Claimed conditions
- Left leg disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2002
- Citation
- 0210577
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