The Board denied a request for an effective date prior to March 22, 2005 for DIC and death pension benefits as a helpless child of the Veteran. The claim was not filed before this date.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a claim for DIC or death pension benefits as a helpless child prior to March 22, 2005.
- Claimed conditions
- helpless child
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19125610
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