The Board has granted an effective date of August 7, 2017 for the award of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) based on the Appellant's timely submission of a complete application form within one year of her initial incomplete submission.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Appellant submitted a complete and updated VA Form 21-534EZ for DIC benefits within a year of filing an incomplete version, thus establishing August 7, 2017 as the effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2022
- Citation
- A22022953
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