The Board denied earlier effective dates for the payment of additional benefits for the Veteran's dependents due to lack of proof of dependants within one year of notification and failure to submit VA Form 21-686c.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not provide evidence of his dependents within a year of receiving notifications from VA, which is required by law. The Veteran also failed to submit the necessary VA Form 21-686c for his dependants.
- Claimed conditions
- Dependent son, Dependent wife, Dependent daughter
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2011
- Citation
- 1136024
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- Granted
The retroactive award of compensation benefits for the period from June 23, 1982 to February 28, 2006 was correctly calculated and paid. The Veteran's retroactive award included additional benefits for her dependent son through his completion of vocational school at age twenty-two.
- Denied
The Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date than September 3, 1998 for compensation benefits for his dependent son. The appeal was based on a lack of evidence prior to September 3, 1998 indicating that the veteran desired additional compensation for his dependent son.
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