The Board denied a claim for a Basic Housing Allowance (BHA) based on the zip code of Everett Community College (ECC), where the Veteran physically attends classes, rather than the zip code of Western Washington University (WWU), where she is enrolled. The BHA was previously granted at $1,278.00 per month and changed to $1,320.00 based on ECC's zip code.
The deciding factor: The decision found that the statute and regulation refer only to the use of the zip code in which all, or a majority, of the primary institution of higher learning is located for determining the BHA amount.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2014
- Citation
- 1428993
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