The Board has determined that retroactive Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits cannot be granted prior to June 30, 2005 due to the appellant's failure to file a claim within one year of the initial rating decision granting her father's TDIU benefits.
The deciding factor: VA regulations limit retroactive DEA benefits to one year prior to the date of receipt of a claim and require that such claims be filed within one year after an initial rating decision establishing service-connected total disability permanent in nature. The appellant did not meet these requirements.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2008
- Citation
- 0830531
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