The Veteran's claim for additional compensation benefits for his dependent child D.E. based on school attendance from January 1, 2006 to September 27, 2006 was denied as the claim was received more than one year after D.E.'s 18th birthday and commencement of college.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for additional compensation benefits for his dependent child D.E. based on school attendance from January 1, 2006 to September 27, 2006 was received more than one year after D.E.'s 18th birthday and commencement of college education.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2014
- Citation
- 1417530
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