United States Federal Circuit
Carroll v. McDonald, 14-7008
Denial of Carroll's claim to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits is affirmed, where: 1) Carroll was married to a veteran until his death from heart problems in 1992, and she remarried two years later at age 64; 2) the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 authorized DIC benefits for surviving spouses who remarry after age 57, creating a temporary filing window that closed in December 2004 for those who remarried prior to the Act; and 3) because Carroll is a member of the remarried surviving spouse class contemplated by the Act, her eligibility for DIC benefits terminated when the one-year filing window closed in December 2004.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/24/2014
- Published 09/24/2014
Judges
- Chen
Court
- United States Federal Circuit