The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 27, 2004 for the apportionment of the veteran's pension benefits to reduce an overpayment caused by continued payment of pension benefits during his incarceration.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the regulation that allows for an earlier effective date for an apportionment award when payments were made to the veteran, but not to the dependent spouse, and there is an overpayment due to this situation.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2008
- Citation
- 0824012
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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