Question:

Can you send me any link/source regarding DIC eligibility that says one must be totally disabled (100%) and be P&T for 10 years? I haven’t seen the P&T portion any where. Thanks!

Jim's Reply:

Sure thing...here you go. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/38/3.22  
 

For what it's worth for a surviving eligible dependent to receive DIC the veteran must have died of a service connected condition and that condition must be reflected on the death certificate or the veteran must have been rated at 100% for an uninterrupted period of 10 or more years.
 

After the 10 year period the veteran can get run over by a bus and the surviving dependent is eligible for DIC.