The Board has granted an effective date of June 1, 2011 for dependency allowance for the appellant's child N. and denied claims for earlier effective dates for dependency allowances for the appellant's spouse D. and child A.
The deciding factor: The claim for dependency allowance for child N. was filed on May 20, 2011, more than one year after birth, allowing an effective date of June 1, 2011. Claims for spouses and children were not received prior to July 21, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- neck and back pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20001795
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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