The Board has denied the appellant's claim for an apportionment of the Veteran's VA compensation benefits due to the Veteran adequately discharging his duty to support her prior to their divorce, and she is not legally entitled to an apportionment following the divorce.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided a lump sum payment of $5,000 in December 2008 as part of the divorce settlement, which reasonably discharged his responsibility for the spouse's support until her March 2009 divorce. The appellant is not legally entitled to an apportionment of his benefits following the divorce.
- 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 29, 2011
- Citation
- 1124636
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