The veteran's claim for increased compensation benefits based on aid and attendance of his non-veteran spouse was denied because the earliest date of receipt by the RO prior to her death is August 1999, which is after her death in May [redacted], 1999. The Board found that there was no evidence to support a claim filed in December 1998.
The deciding factor: The claim for increased compensation benefits based on aid and attendance of his non-veteran spouse from December 14, 1998, to May [redacted], 1999, is denied due to the lack of evidence supporting a claim filed in December 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
- August 13, 2003
- Citation
- 0320034
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