# Board of Veterans' Appeals Rules of Practice: Claim for Death Benefits by Survivor
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2002-04-05 · Effective 2002-05-06 · 67 FR 16309
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-8201
- **Category:** va-benefits
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 16309
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 20
- **Publication date:** 2002-04-05
- **Effective date:** 2002-05-06
## Abstract

This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Rules of Practice at the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) to clarify that the general rule that the Board is not bound by prior dispositions during the veteran's lifetime of issues involved in the survivor's claim does not apply to claims for "enhanced" Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC). This amendment is necessary to eliminate confusion between the Board's current rule and another rule relating to DIC for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at the time of death.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/04/05/02-8201/board-of-veterans-appeals-rules-of-practice-claim-for-death-benefits-by-survivor)
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