The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for additional compensation for his minor child is granted, with the effective date set at July 1, 2006, which is the day following his service separation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided a Social Security number for his dependent child within one year of receiving notification of the July 2006 rating decision, entitling him to compensation adjusted for the dependent child effective as of the day following his service separation on June 30, 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- Minor child (S.)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2015
- Citation
- 1545258
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A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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