Citation Nr: 18160943 Decision Date: 12/28/18 Archive Date: 12/28/18 DOCKET NO. 15-23 305A DATE: December 28, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to recognition of S.F. as the Veteran’s dependent child for VA purposes, to include entitlement to additional dependency benefits based on school attendance, is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran, who is the appellant in this case, served on active duty from January 1976 to February 1984. This matter comes before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) on appeal from a September 2013 rating decision of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO) in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Veteran testified at a May 2017 Travel Board hearing before the undersigned Veterans Law Judge. A copy of the hearing transcript is associated with the claims file. The Veteran has another appeal before the Board. Because that appeal involves an issue dependent on different law and facts, it is the subject of a separate decision. See BVA Memorandum No. 01-18-04; VA Purplebook 01-18-v1.0.0. 1. Entitlement to recognition of S.F. as the Veteran’s dependent child for VA purposes, to include entitlement to additional dependency benefits based on school attendance, is remanded. A veteran who is in receipt of disability compensation of 30 percent or more is entitled to an additional allowance for each dependent. 38 U.S.C. § 1115. Unfortunately, the Veteran is not currently in receipt of VA disability compensation. However, he has several pending claims of entitlement to service connection. The Board finds that it must defer consideration of the issue of entitlement, as noted above, because this claim is inextricably intertwined with the separately appealed issues of entitlement to service connection. See Harris v. Derwinski, 1 Vet. App. 180 (1991) (issues are inextricably intertwined if one claim could have significant impact on the other). The matter is REMANDED for the following action: 1. Complete any further development deemed necessary. [CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE] 2. Then, readjudicate the claim and issue a supplemental statement of the case. The claim should not be returned to the Board until after the pending issues of entitlement to service connection have been readjudicated. VICTORIA MOSHIASHWILI Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD M. Thomas, Associate Counsel