The Veteran's claim for reimbursement of the cost of a written certification examination taken on December 6, 2013 under the Post-9/11 GI Bill was granted. The RO improperly charged one month of education entitlement and this error is corrected.
The deciding factor: The statute allows for reimbursement of more than one licensing or certification test if taken after August 1, 2011, and the amount does not exceed $2,000 or the fee charged for the test. The practical examination fee was less than $1,460, which is the monthly education benefits rate for the applicable academic year.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2016
- Citation
- 1639377
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