Granted
The Board granted an effective date of July 18, 2016, but no earlier, for the addition of the Veteran's spouse, V.S., as his dependent to his award of VA disability compensation.
The deciding factor: Based on the receipt date of the July 2016 VA Form 21-0538, which is the first claim the Veteran submitted to VA for additional disability compensation benefits based on his marriage to V.S., an effective date of July 18, 2016, but no earlier, is warranted.
- 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 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106376
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