The Veteran's spouse is denied an extension of the delimiting date for DEA spousal education benefits due to her failure to apply within one year after her disability terminated.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not submit a request for an extension within one year of when her physical and mental disabilities resolved, which was January 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- mental or physical disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 4, 2018
- Citation
- 18131479
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