The Board denied the appellant's request for an extension of her delimiting date beyond August 26, 2003, for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits because she was not prevented from initiating or completing her third program of education due to a physical or mental disability that did not result from willful misconduct.
The deciding factor: The appellant's back problems during her first program of education may have prolonged its completion but do not qualify as a qualifying disability for an extension of the delimiting date under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- back problems
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0623363
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