The Board denied the appellant's request for an earlier effective date of February 20, 2003 for the grant of DIC. The claim was not filed before this date.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing a formal or informal claim for DIC prior to February 20, 2003 and the appellant did not file a claim until February 2003 but admitted she would have filed earlier if aware of benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- DIC (Dependency and Indemnity Compensation)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0611335
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Decisions by this judge: 1,454 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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