The Board denied the appellant's claim for basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code due to the appellant not meeting the legal requirements based on his age at the time of his father's permanent and total disability rating.
The deciding factor: The appellant was born in November 1966 and reached his 26th birthday prior to the effective date of his father's permanent and total disability rating, making him ineligible for Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2004
- Citation
- 0419141
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