Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of recognizing the appellant as the Veteran's surviving spouse for the purpose of entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) benefits due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to provide the appellant with proper notice regarding the evidence needed to support her claim that she and the Veteran were married under common law while residing in either Michigan or South Carolina.
- 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 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105557
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