The Veteran's claim for a $300.00 per month general apportionment of his nonservice-connected pension benefits on behalf of his dependent children, C.L. and C.L., has been granted due to their not being in the Veteran’s custody at any point during the appeal period.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's failure to pay child support established he was not reasonably discharging his responsibility for supporting his dependents, thus meeting the threshold requirements for a general apportionment. The amount of $300.00 per month is slightly less than the additional dependency allowance the Veteran receives on behalf of his children.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19106358
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,863 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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