The Veteran's earlier effective date for additional compensation for a dependent spouse is granted as of June 22, 2007 due to his receipt of disability compensation at a 30 percent rate or greater.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was in receipt of disability compensation at a 30 percent rating or greater since June 22, 2007 and had already submitted an application for dependency including VA Form 21-686c listing his spouse S.P. as his current spouse prior to the December 2011 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Dependent spouse
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18135305
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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.
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