The Board denied the appellant's request to extend her delimiting date for DEA benefits beyond June 22, 2016 due to lack of medical infeasibility during her 10-year period of eligibility and because she did not serve on active duty during that time.
The deciding factor: The appellant was not medically unable to initiate or complete the chosen program of education during her 10-year period of DEA eligibility, nor did she have periods of medical infeasibility. Additionally, she did not serve on active duty during this period.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19132819
What this means for you
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