The Board has granted the appellant's claim as an eligible dependent for VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefit purposes, subject to applicable law.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on a date of claim of May 18, 2006, which is more than one year after the Veteran’s death in September 2004. The appellant's mother filed a claim for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation that listed all her children.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19106103
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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