The Veteran's eligibility for Survivors' and Dependents Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits under Chapter 35, Title 38 of the United States Code is denied as he does not meet the basic eligibility requirements due to his non-service-connected status.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has no permanent total service-connected disability, nor any other threshold eligibility factors for Survivors' and Dependents Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits under Chapter 35, Title 38 of the United States Code.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1016716
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What this means for you
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