Granted
The Board has granted an effective date of March [REDACTED], 2013 for the award of an apportionment of the Veteran's VA benefits to the appellant, based on the reduction in benefits due to incarceration.
The deciding factor: The effective date is set at the date of reduction of the Veteran’s VA benefits due to his incarceration, which was March [REDACTED], 2013.
- 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 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20002015
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.
What you can do next
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