The veteran's daughter is eligible for an effective date of February 1, 1999, for Chapter 35 educational assistance due to her father's permanent and total disability.
The deciding factor: The appellant was born in October 1975, making her between the ages of 18 and 26 on the effective date of the veteran's total and permanent disability. She submitted an application for Chapter 35 educational assistance within one year of receiving notification of the rating decision establishing the total and permanent disability.
- 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 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0600543
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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