The Veteran is granted additional VR&E benefits, including an extension in the duration of a program beyond 48 months to complete his training and achieve suitable employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has a serious employment handicap and requires further education/training to become employable.
- Claimed conditions
- serious employment handicap
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2021
- Citation
- A21020387
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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