Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) based on service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, as no new and relevant evidence was received within one year of the final denial in July 2007.
The deciding factor: No legal basis exists to grant an earlier effective date than January 23, 2023, due to the lack of new and relevant evidence prior to that date.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104502
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