Granted
The Board granted an adjusted effective date of August 12, 2002, but no earlier, for the award of entitlement to retroactive payment of Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits.
The deciding factor: All necessary criteria under 38 U.S.C. § 5113(b) and 38 C.F.R. § 21.4131(e) were met, allowing the application to be considered as filed on August 12, 2002.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2024
- Citation
- A24063533
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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