The Board denied the appellant's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of apportionment of the veteran's pension benefits, finding that February 1, 1998 was the appropriate effective date based on the facts found.
The deciding factor: The RO received the appellant's claim for apportionment of the veteran's running award of non-service-connected pension on January 15, 1998. The regulations governing apportionment require that an earlier effective date cannot be granted unless a claim was filed in the children's behalf prior to January 15, 1998.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2002
- Citation
- 0214449
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What this means for you
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