The Board has determined that the appellant's beginning date of eligibility for DEA benefits is June 21, 2001. The veteran was granted a permanent and total disability rating effective from April 30, 2002, but the RO subsequently changed this to an earlier effective date of June 21, 2001.
The deciding factor: The Board applied the facts of the case to the applicable legal criteria regarding eligibility for DEA benefits based on the veteran's permanent and total disability rating from April 30, 2002, but with an earlier effective date of June 21, 2001.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 10, 2004
- Citation
- 0403846
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