The Board has granted a later delimiting date of June [redacted], 2013 for the award of Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the principle from Cypert v. Peake, which holds that the beginning date for a dependent spouse to receive an award of DEA benefits begins with the date of marriage to the veteran, and not according to the provisions previously set forth by regulation.
- 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 9, 2010
- Citation
- 1025650
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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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