The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of April 18, 2008, for the award of additional compensation benefits for his spouse R.K. is granted. The overpayment of VA disability compensation benefits in the amount of $9,402.74 resulting from a change in dependency status due to the removal of the Veteran's former spouse C.K. was properly created and the appeal is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran notified VA of his marriage to R.K. in April 2008 within one year of the event, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of a finding that such communication was received in April 2008.
- 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 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19161692
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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