The Board denied additional dependency benefits for T.S. due to the failure to file a claim within one year of her 18th birthday and because she did not attend school at the end of the last term.,The Board also denied additional dependency benefits for D.S., finding that the claim was filed outside of the required time frame.
The deciding factor: The claims were denied due to the failure to file within one year from the relevant birthdays or commencement dates, and because the children did not continue their school attendance as required.
- 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
- 22063810
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