The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to December 21, 2021, for adding her dependent child S. to her VA disability compensation.
The deciding factor: The evidence of dependency was not received within a year of notification of the qualifying disability rating action, thus the earliest effective date is December 21, 2021, when the Veteran submitted proof of the birth of her child.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25058286
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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