The Veteran's claim for additional compensation benefits for his dependent children was granted effective December 6, 2016. The decision is based on the submission of evidence showing dependency within one year of a qualifying rating action.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted evidence of dependency with their original claim filed in December 2016, which was received within one year of the March 2017 rating decision awarding him a combined 40% disability rating effective December 6, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- Dependent children
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- July 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19151861
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded to determine if he was paid the correct amount for additional dependency benefits based on school attendance of his children from February 1, 2013, to March 15, 2014.
- Granted
The Veteran's benefits are apportioned to the appellant in the amount of the dependency allowance for E.L. and C.L., his dependent children, from August 2013 through September 2019 due to the Veteran not reasonably discharging his responsibility for support.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for additional compensation for her dependent children is denied. The correct effective date is September 20, 2013 (payable from October 1, 2013).
- Granted
The Veteran was not reasonably discharging his responsibility for supporting his dependent children, CGD and CLD. Therefore, a general apportionment of 20 percent of the Veteran's VA nonservice-connected pension benefits is granted.
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