The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of additional compensation benefits for his dependent child, AT. The decision found that no evidence of record predating December 21, 2015 mentioned AT and thus the earliest effective date was January 1, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date was not supported by the evidence as there was no mention of his daughter, AT, in records prior to December 21, 2015, which is more than a year after her birth.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19146395
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What this means for you
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