Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's request to recognize his current wife, E.T., as a dependent for increased compensation purposes. The decision is based on the Veteran's statements of previous divorces and the reliability of the August 1973 VA Form 21-686c.
The deciding factor: The Board accepted the Veteran’s statements regarding previous marriages and divorce, finding them reliable given their proximity in time to the events they described.
- 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 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20065132
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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