Denied
The Board denied an apportionment of the Veteran's VA disability compensation benefits to the appellant on behalf of their child due to the child residing with both the Veteran and the appellant, and the Veteran reasonably discharging his responsibility for support.
The deciding factor: The parties were living together and sharing financial resources, which made a retroactive apportionment not warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20000133
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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