The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 1, 2021, for the addition of J. A. as a dependent minor child to the award of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC).
The deciding factor: Because the appellant provided the information necessary to add J. A. as a dependent to her award of DIC on her January 2021 VA Form 21-534EZ, an earlier effective date for the addition of J. A. is warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25044361
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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