The appeal for termination of VA additional compensation benefits due to the removal of a spouse, M., effective October 1, 1998, is denied. The appeal for denial of addition of a spouse, L., to the Veteran’s award of VA compensation is also denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not promptly inform the RO of changes in his marital status and provided incomplete information regarding his new spouse, L.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19160993
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What this means for you
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