The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for additional compensation benefits for a dependent child based on school attendance and concurrent receipt of DEA and disability benefits is denied as the Veteran was not entitled to such benefits before May 2016 due to his dependent child having already elected for DEA benefits.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim must be denied as a matter of law because he was not entitled to additional dependency benefits at the time of the grant in September 2016, given that his dependent child had already elected for DEA benefits before any claim for additional dependency benefits were submitted.
- Claimed conditions
- Dependent child
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19124320
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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