The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to October 25, 2017, with a payment date of November 1, 2017, for additional dependency compensation for his daughter. The decision states that VA did not receive a valid claim within one year of her birth and thus the earliest possible effective date is October 25, 2017.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's claim was not received within a year of his daughter's birth, which is required by regulation for an effective date to be set at the date of birth. The decision states that VA did provide notice prior to her birth but the Veteran did not file a valid claim until October 2017.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23037962
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