The Veteran's appeal for an effective date of November 26, 2006, for additional dependency benefits for her mother was granted.
The deciding factor: VA received the required evidence of dependency within one year of notification of the February 2021 rating decision and the evidence shows that the Veteran's mother does not have an income sufficient to provide for her reasonable maintenance.
- 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 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25045876
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.
What you can do next
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