Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, as VA received the claim more than one year after the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that VA received the appellant's claim for service connection for cause of death on August 23, 2022, and there is no prior intent to file a claim for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) or a claim for DIC prior to this 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
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25010191
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