The Veteran's VA disability compensation was awarded effective December 1, 2019. However, payment of the compensation began on January 1, 2020, and thus the appeal is denied as the criteria for entitlement to payment from December 1, 2019 are not met.
The deciding factor: Payment of VA disability compensation may only be made starting from the first day of the calendar month following the month in which the award became effective. In this case, the effective date was December 1, 2019, and payment began on January 1, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 16, 2023
- Citation
- A23032520
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