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Granted

The Board has granted a special apportionment to the appellant, on behalf of herself and their minor children, in the amount of the dependency allowance that he receives for each of them from the Veteran's VA disability compensation benefits due to financial hardship.

The deciding factor: The appellant demonstrated financial hardship as evidenced by her reported monthly deficit and receipt of child support and SSA benefits.

Claimed conditions
Not specified in this decision
How they argued it
Not specified
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
October 15, 2020
Citation
A20015614

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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