The Veteran's spouse was added as his dependent to his VA disability compensation award effective October 1, 2004.
The deciding factor: The claim for recognition of the Veteran's spouse as a dependent was submitted in July 2004 and all necessary information was provided at that time. The RO did not adjudicate this issue until August 2016 when it granted the benefit sought.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical spine arthritis, Lumbosacral spine arthritis, Arthritis of the bilateral knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19114542
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Decisions by this judge: 1,990 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
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- Granted
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- Granted
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