The Board denied the appellant's request for an effective date prior to May 28, 2015 for the grant of Survivors Pension benefits due to a lack of written communication expressing her intent to apply for benefits.
The deciding factor: VA did not receive a written claim from the appellant before May 28, 2015 and any oral statement during her 2006 visit to the RO in Winston-Salem cannot be accepted as an informal claim due to lack of writing.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19195103
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What this means for you
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