The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for payment of additional compensation for his spouse was denied. The earliest possible effective date is June 1, 2019, as that is the date VA received a written claim for this benefit and notice of the marriage.
The deciding factor: VA did not receive a written claim for additional dependency compensation for D.L.T. within a year of the Veteran's marriage or notification of his disability rating, making June 1, 2019, the earliest possible effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2020
- Citation
- A20016627
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and preparing an addendum opinion from a physician regarding the etiology of the Veteran's left hip disability. The claim will be reconsidered based on the additional evidence.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran's right hip disability, which includes chronic bursitis and osteoarthritis, is currently rated at 30 percent under DCs 5019-5252. The RO has not provided a higher rating for this condition.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has found that the veteran's current right and left shoulder disabilities of chronic bursitis with osteoarthritis are etiologically related to in-service bilateral shoulder injury, thus granting service connection for these conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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