The Veteran's claim for an extension of his delimiting date for Montgomery GI Bill benefits beyond August 28, 2009 is denied because the evidence does not show that he was medically infeasible to pursue an educational program due to his service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had full-time employment as a supervisor at the Social Security Administration from October 1999 until after his delimiting date, and even received promotions. The medical opinions did not consider this gainful employment when determining if he was medically infeasible for education.
- Claimed conditions
- mental health problems, bipolar disorder, testicular cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2017
- Citation
- 1761241
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