The Veteran's claim for an effective date of June 12, 2014, for the grant of nonservice-connected pension benefits was dismissed as there is no remaining allegation of error of fact or law to review.
The deciding factor: The assigned effective date (March 1, 2014) is earlier than the requested effective date (June 12, 2014), and thus the Veteran's appeal does not present a case or controversy for appellate consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- Nonservice-Connected Pension Benefits
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2017
- Citation
- 1709171
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
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