Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for recognizing the Veteran's spouse and child as dependents for VA compensation purposes, setting May 22, 2023, as the current effective date.
The deciding factor: No written claim was received within a year of the marriage or birth, so the first instance VA may recognize these dependents is the date VA received a written claim on May 22, 2023.
- 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
- A25106511
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