The Board denied the veteran's spouse's claim for Dependents' Educational Assistance beyond June 13, 1998 due to lack of legal merit and absence of evidence showing a physical or mental disability prevented her from initiating or completing her chosen program within the applicable delimiting period.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not provide sufficient evidence to show that she had a physical or mental disability preventing her from starting or completing her education program, as required by VA regulations for an extension of the delimiting date.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 18, 2000
- Citation
- 0027537
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