Granted
The Board granted an effective date of September 1, 2023, for the award of apportionment of $400 to V.M.
The deciding factor: The appropriate date of claim was August 2023 when the appellant filed the outdated VA Form 21-0788, and an effective date should be September 1, 2023, which is the first day of the month following the month in which the claim was received.
- 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 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104219
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