The Board has granted an effective date of December 1, 2009 for the award of additional compensation for 'C' as a dependent spouse. This decision is based on the Veteran's notification to VA in November 2009 that he was married to 'C'.
The deciding factor: VA received sufficient evidence within one year of the Veteran's notification of his marriage to 'C', allowing for an effective date based on this information.
- Claimed conditions
- Dependent spouse status
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2016
- Citation
- 1601688
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What this means for you
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for recognizing his current spouse as a dependent for VA benefits and upheld the creation of an overpayment of compensation benefits. The appeal was dismissed.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran is entitled to an effective date of February 22, 1988 for the award of additional compensation on account of a dependent spouse. This decision was based on evidence provided by the veteran prior to his increased rating in 1992.
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