The veteran's spouse filed a claim for accrued benefits based on the veteran's service-connected disabilities. The VA awarded additional compensation for the dependent spouse effective March 1, 1999. The appellant sought an earlier effective date but was denied.
The deciding factor: The effective date of the award could not be retroactive to before March 1, 1999 as it is the first day of the calendar month following the month in which the award became effective.
- 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 22, 2002
- Citation
- 0214740
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What this means for you
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