The Board denied the veteran's claim for an extension of the delimiting date for education assistance benefits under Chapter 30, Title 38, United States Code, due to a lack of medical evidence showing that his depression prevented him from initiating or completing a program of education during his basic eligibility period.
The deciding factor: The Board found no medical evidence establishing that the veteran's depression was so incapacitating between 1997 and 1999 that it prevented him from pursuing a program of education during his 10-year period of eligibility.
- Claimed conditions
- Depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2003
- Citation
- 0316472
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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