The Board denied the Veteran's request for an effective date prior to February 1, 2024, for dependency benefits for his spouse D.W. The earliest possible effective date allowed by law is January 2024 when the Veteran submitted his marriage certificate.
The deciding factor: VA did not receive notice of the Veteran's marriage until January 2024, which was more than one year after their September 2020 marriage and outside the one-year notification period required by VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2026
- Citation
- A26000896
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