Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claim for recognition as the Veteran's surviving spouse for the purpose of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits due to the marriage occurring more than 15 years after the Veteran's discharge from active duty service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the specific criteria for entitlement to DIC based on a valid marriage were not met, as the marriage occurred well over 15 years after the Veteran's separation from active service and no other qualifying circumstances were present.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- 25014718
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