The Board has denied the appellant's claim for an effective date prior to July 9, 1987 for the reinstatement of her award of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits. The earliest effective date assignable is July 9, 1987, the date of her claim.
The deciding factor: The appellant's second spouse died on November [redacted], 1971, more than one year before she submitted a claim for reinstatement of her DIC benefits following his death. The effective date under governing legal authority is therefore July 9, 1987, the date of her claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2004
- Citation
- 0412829
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What this means for you
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