The Board denied retroactive recognition of the Veteran's former spouse, M., as a dependent for purposes of dependency benefits because the Veteran did not notify VA of her existence within one year after their divorce in October 2016.
The deciding factor: The effective date cannot be earlier than the date notice is received of the dependent's existence, which was September 20, 2021, five years after the marriage ended. The Veteran did not provide this information to VA until then.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2024
- Citation
- A24068990
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