The Board granted the veteran's claim for an effective date of December 1, 2006 for DIC, death pension, and accrued benefits based on a prior informal claim.
The deciding factor: The decision was made in favor of the Claimant due to his prior informal claim filed before October 23, 2015, which is when VA's regulations required all claims be filed on standard forms.
- Claimed conditions
- DIC, death pension, accrued benefits
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19103718
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
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