The Board has remanded the case to obtain information regarding when the appellant began receiving Social Security survivor benefits as her husband's widow. The effective date for DIC benefits will be determined based on this information.
The deciding factor: Remand was required due to incomplete information about when the appellant filed a claim with SSA for survivor's benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Death of the Veteran
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 5, 2012
- Citation
- 1230344
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What this means for you
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