The Board denied the appellant's claim for an extension of her delimiting date beyond April 2, 2003, for DEA benefits under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code, as she did not provide evidence showing that she was prevented from initiating or completing a chosen program of education within the applicable period of eligibility due to a physical or mental disability.
The deciding factor: The appellant's eligibility for DEA benefits terminated on April 2, 2003 and she has not since alleged that she was prevented from initiating or completing her chosen program of education by April 2, 2003, because of a physical or mental disability that did not result from her own willful misconduct.
- 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 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0620860
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