The Board denied the appellant's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits, finding that her September 1972 remarriage to W.P. reinstated her DIC benefits, which were subsequently terminated upon each subsequent divorce. The appellant filed a new application in August 2000 after J.C.'s death, but the RO did not assign an earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: The RO found that the appellant's DIC benefits had been previously reinstated due to her remarriages and divorces, thus preventing the assignment of an earlier effective date for the grant of DIC 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
- March 12, 2004
- Citation
- 0406626
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