The Board denied the veteran's claim for retroactive education assistance benefits due to a failure to timely submit required forms, resulting in an award date that is after the training period sought.
The deciding factor: The earliest commencement date of the award of educational assistance benefits was November 26, 2002, which is after the August 7, 2002 date of the conclusion of the program for which the veteran is seeking retroactive education assistance benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0615878
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What this means for you
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