The Veteran's application for Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance benefits was denied because she did not meet the eligibility criteria, specifically serving a minimum of 90 aggregate days of active duty excluding entry level and skill training or a minimum of 30 continuous days on active duty where she was discharged under other than dishonorable conditions due to a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's discharge from service was due to her performance and conduct, not any physical or psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle sprain with instability, left tibia shin splints, greater trochanteric bursitis of the right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19140072
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