The Board denied the Veteran's claim of entitlement to an earlier effective date for the payment of additional disability compensation benefits for his spouse, finding that he did not provide necessary proof of the status of his dependent spouse prior to April 23, 2007.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran was notified in March 2004 that more information was required to process his award and that this information was not received until April 23, 2007, over a year later.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1014572
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What this means for you
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