The Board denied the appellant's request for an apportionment of the Veteran’s VA disability compensation benefits due to lack of legal standing and because the Veteran was reasonably discharging his duty of support by making child support payments in amounts greater than the additional dependency allowance he received on their behalf each month.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not have legal standing to receive an apportionment as both children had reached the age of majority during the appeal period and were presumably competent, thus no longer in the Veteran's custody. The Veteran was reasonably discharging his duty of support by making child support payments that exceeded the additional dependency allowance he received on their behalf each month.
- 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 12, 2021
- Citation
- 21002065
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