The Board denied the appellant's request for an earlier effective date for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits, finding that July 20, 2005 is the appropriate effective date based on the facts of the case.
The deciding factor: The earliest date of claim subsequent to the October 1980 final rating decision denying DIC benefits was the appellant's July 20, 2005, claim to reopen the issue of entitlement to DIC benefits, which is the appropriate effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2014
- Citation
- 1440166
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