The Board has granted an effective date of March 1, 1996 for the grant of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death. The decision is based on a claim filed by the appellant with Social Security Administration (SSA) in March 1996.
The deciding factor: The appellant’s request for a lump sum death payment from SSA on March 25, 1996 constitutes a claim under 38 C.F.R. § 3.153 for the purpose of establishing the effective date for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Cause of death
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19106848
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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