The Board has granted an extension of the veteran's delimiting date for her educational assistance benefits due to a physical disability preventing her from attending classes during the summer of 1995.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence demonstrated that the veteran was prevented from initiating or completing her chosen program of education due to a paraesophageal hernia surgery in July 1995, which required her to withdraw from classes in June-August 1995.
- Claimed conditions
- paraesophageal hernia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0624490
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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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