Bound4heaven Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Greetings, I am trying to locate the VA form to add an child to a veterans VA comp (dependent). Any help would be wounderful. Thank you and God bless. Bound4Heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlie Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 http://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/VBA-21-686c-ARE.pdf Hope this helps a vet. carlie Carlie passed away in November 2015 she is missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bound4heaven Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder deltaj Posted October 1, 2009 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted October 1, 2009 Greetings, I am trying to locate the VA form to add an child to a veterans VA comp (dependent). Any help would be wounderful. Thank you and God bless. Bound4Heaven If you have had a recent V.A. decision, a completed declaration of status of dependents form must be completed and sent to V.A. within one year of V.A.'s decision under 38 USC 5110 (f). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator broncovet Posted October 1, 2009 Moderator Share Posted October 1, 2009 Delta... Good JOB! I always wondered how the VA got away with requiring TWO forms for dependency. One 21-526 and then the other one, 21-686 C, which seemed redundant. That is, why do you have to tell the VA TWICE that you have dependents? This "2 form requirement" seems to conflict with Roberson vs Principi which states, "The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims rejected the government’s argument because such a position “loses sight of VA’s congressional mandate that VA is to ‘fully and sympathetically develop the veterans’ claim to its optimum before deciding it on its merits.’” Id. at 420 (citing Hodge v. West, 155 F.3d 1356, 1362-63 (Fed. Cir. 1998)). In addition, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims stated that developing a claim “to its optimum” must include determining all potential claims raised by the evidence and applying all relevant law and regulation raised by that evidence regardless of how the claim is identified." Id. I am interpreting Roberson, to mean that the VA would have to pay the (dependents) claim, even if the the Vet wrote his dependents on a napkin and sent in their birth certificates. That is, the Veteran would NOT have to fill out TWO application forms, the 21-526, and the 21-686C, to get dependents benefits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Please do not make the same stupid mistake that I did, and just mail in the form. Use certified mail. I mailed it, and then had to fax it again. Lesson learned the hard way. Papa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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