The Board denied the veteran's appeal, finding that his delimiting date for receiving educational assistance benefits under Chapter 30 was May 1, 2003. The decision explained that this adjustment was necessary due to a period of in-service time not counted towards the ten-year eligibility period.
The deciding factor: The Board applied the legal criteria governing the reduction of the veteran's delimiting date based on his periods of active duty and found that the veteran's unadjusted delimiting date should be reduced by 1,400 days due to a period between January 1, 1977, and June 30, 1985.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0401372
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What this means for you
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