The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to June 1, 2000, for an amended rate of non-service-connected pension benefits due to the birth of his dependent child (S.). The decision stated that there was no legal basis for retroactive payment and that the notice of S.'s birth was received more than one year after the dependency arose.
The deciding factor: The law does not allow retroactive payment of VA pension benefits based on a claimant's inability to report the birth of their dependent child, as there is no evidence supporting such an incapacity or incompetence.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2004
- Citation
- 0410142
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What this means for you
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