The Veteran's appeal for an effective date of August 12, 2013, for recognition of J.P. as his child for the purpose of additional compensation for a dependent school-aged child between the ages of 18 and 23 was denied due to lack of a written claim within one year of commencement of full-time attendance at Rose State College.
The deciding factor: The earliest date that VA received a written claim for additional dependency compensation on the basis of J.P.'s full-time school attendance was in August 2015, which is more than one year after her first day of full-time attendance at Rose State College.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19175821
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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