The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of November 1, 2007 for the addition of S.A.P. as a dependent spouse due to notification being provided after one year from the event.
The deciding factor: The law clearly delineates that the date of the Veteran's marriage to S.A.P. would not constitute the same date of dependent spouse status because notification was not provided within one-year of the event.
- 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 23, 2010
- Citation
- 1023416
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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