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To ensure continued compensation to your dependents should you die before the 10 year mark. If you become rated P&T, and then die from a unrelated condition five years later, your dependents lose any DIC and DEA that your P&T status entitled them to. If you have a secondary condition that could kill your before your 1 year mark, and you are able to get that condition rated, even at 0%, and then die from it before your 10 years are up, your dependents keep those benefits.