The Board found that the apportionment of the veteran's VA disability compensation benefits, effective from December 1996, was proper based on financial hardship and the need to provide for the support of the veteran's minor children in the appellant's custody.
The deciding factor: Financial hardship existed due to the appellant's inability to adequately care for the veteran's then minor children, while the veteran had not contributed regularly to their support.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0407992
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What this means for you
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