The Board denied eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits as the appellant was over the age of 26 at the time of his father's death.
The deciding factor: The appellant is not eligible due to reaching the maximum age requirement for DEA benefits based on service-connected death.
- Claimed conditions
- cause of death (lung cancer)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2017
- Citation
- 1700129
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