The Veteran's claim for an extension of his delimiting date for education assistance benefits was denied as there is no medical evidence showing that the back condition prevented him from enrolling or continuing in college courses.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence does not clearly establish that the Veteran's back condition prevented him from initiating or completing educational programs.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbalgia, lumbar segmental dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1001933
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