The Veteran's spouse, M. G., is recognized as his dependent spouse for VA purposes from January 22, 2010 to November 19, 2014.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided all necessary information to establish his spouse as a dependent spouse and the marriage certificate demonstrated that he was legally married in Virginia.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19189371
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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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