Berta Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 It is in this link today! https://community.hadit.com/topic/70624-am-i-wasting-my-time/#gsc.tab=0 It pays to have these awards noted in the Success forum or as an award in the DIC forum , because they give hope to others. DIC can become a complex issue but Seabee's wife gave them the evidence they needed. Vync 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Content Curator/HadIt.com Elder Vync Posted January 12, 2018 Content Curator/HadIt.com Elder Share Posted January 12, 2018 Great info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 FormerMember Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) I keep getting emails from some of you folks saying your VSOs have been saying DIC eligibility has been decreased to 8 years. Read 38 USC §1311(a)(2). A $272 increase from the basic rate is for application after 8 years. §1318 still requires the ten year minimum. Remember, some spouses get it for their husband dying in service (0 years); others if he dies within 5 years of discharge and still others for being a POW. Remember to read the regs before trying to teach us the regs. Your consideration is appreciated. As for VSOs offering meaningful advice, that's a non sequitur. Edited January 26, 2018 by asknod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Berta Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 (edited) Thanks Alex...... I am surprised to hear that from any members here, as to the 8 year thing.... Then again I have stopped answering a few DIC members here over the years -because they haven't heeded your excellent advice. DIC is often a complex issue ---because the survivor ,themselves, has made it a complex issue. The regulations are not that difficult to follow. As you said: "Remember to read the regs before trying to teach us the regs." This recent BVA case shows that the 8 year enhanced DIC rule has not changed: "FINDING OF FACT The Veteran was not rated totally disabled due to a service connected disability for a continuous period of at least eight years immediately preceding his death in November 1997. CONCLUSION OF LAW The criteria for enhanced DIC have not been met. 38 U.S.C.A. §§ 1131(a)(2), 1311, 1318 (West 2014); 38 C.F.R. § 3.5, 3.21 (2016). https://www.va.gov/vetapp17/files3/1718917.txt Edited January 27, 2018 by Berta added BVA case to explain) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HadIt.com Elder Buck52 Posted January 27, 2018 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted January 27, 2018 (edited) I am not sure but for some veterans spouses they take things for grante or never get involved with the veterans claim of benefits...when he dies then they come out and need help, so my point is to all veterans please inform your spouse a little about VA Benefits they can't ask you when your gone. Read about the DIC Benefits found here on hadit or Google search them. or go to Alex blogs Asknod.org Asknod.com Edited January 27, 2018 by Buck52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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It pays to have these awards noted in the Success forum or as an award in the DIC forum , because they give hope to others.
DIC can become a complex issue but Seabee's wife gave them the evidence they needed.
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