The veteran's application for reimbursement of educational assistance benefits for an on-the-job training course as a correctional officer at a United States penitentiary, from February 24, 2003 to February 24, 2004, was denied because the course was taken more than one year prior to his application.
The deciding factor: The veteran's on-the-job training course as a correctional officer at a United States penitentiary, from February 24, 2003 to February 24, 2004, was not within the one-year filing period required by VA regulations for reimbursement of educational 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
- July 1, 2008
- Citation
- 0821531
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