The Board denied the appellant's claim for restoration of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits as she is not eligible to receive such benefits due to her remarriage at a young age, which does not meet the legal requirements set forth in the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003.
The deciding factor: The appellant was denied DIC benefits because she did not meet the legal requirement of having been married after the age of 57 when she remarried, as per the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0630880
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What this means for you
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