The Board granted the appellant's request for an apportionment of her husband's nonservice-connected VA pension, effective April 1, 2001. The appeal regarding a prior effective date is denied.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the facts found and the appropriate procedural steps taken by the RO in processing the appellant's claim for an apportionment of her husband's nonservice-connected VA pension benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2004
- Citation
- 0400868
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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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