The Board has determined that an effective date prior to February 1, 2002 for the award of death pension benefits is denied as the claim was not received prior to January 2002.
The deciding factor: The appellant's original claim became final due to her failure to submit evidence of dissolution of her husband's prior marriage. The claim to reopen was not received until January 2002, which is after February 1, 2002.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0617750
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Decisions by this judge: 141 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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