The veteran's ex-wife was awarded $124 for the month of January 2002 as an apportionment of his VA disability compensation benefits, which concluded concurrently with her entitlement to a dependency allowance.
The deciding factor: The veteran's ex-wife demonstrated financial hardship and need for an apportioned share of the veteran's VA disability compensation benefits, resulting in their award.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2003
- Citation
- 0333852
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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