The Board has denied the appellant's claim for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 due to procedural changes and an interpretive ruling.
The deciding factor: The new regulations specify that 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 does not authorize, and has never authorized, any 'hypothetical entitlement' to compensation.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 29, 2003
- Citation
- 0318104
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What this means for you
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