The Veteran's spouse is entitled to an earlier effective date of April 23, 2014 for the payment of dependency allowance due to a prior claim received by VA on that date.
The deciding factor: VA received a Declaration of Status of Dependents form from the Veteran dated and time-stamped on April 23, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety disorder with PTSD features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18139396
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a sleep disorder and entitlement to TDIU due to incomplete consideration of additional evidence, inadequate VA examination, and need for further development.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim and found that his anxiety disorder with PTSD features is related to an in-service personal assault, granting service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder with PTSD features is not manifested by symptoms that warrant a higher rating, and the current evaluation of 30 percent remains appropriate.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal was dismissed as the veteran withdrew their appeal with respect to the increased rating for anxiety disorder with PTSD features.
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