The Board denied the veteran's claim for an extension of delimiting date for educational assistance benefits, finding that there was no evidence showing he was prevented from initiating or completing his chosen program of education within the eligibility period due to a physical or mental disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the veteran was prevented from initiating or completing his chosen program of education within the otherwise applicable eligibility period because of a physical or mental disability that did not result from his own willful misconduct with the exception of the period for which he was hospitalized from February 1, 1990 to March 1, 1990.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2002
- Citation
- 0217318
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