The Veteran's spouse was added as a dependent effective November 27, 2005 (the date of their marriage), and the AOJ corrected this to be effective October 18, 2019. The Veteran appealed for an earlier effective date but since the claim has already been granted with the correct effective date, the appeal is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The claim was previously granted with the correct effective date of November 27, 2005 and no longer in dispute.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2020
- Citation
- A20019239
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
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