The veteran's daughter is entitled to retroactive payment of Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits from April 11, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Appellant meets the criteria for retroactive DEA benefits as her application was filed within one year of the Veteran being found permanently and totally disabled, and she would have been eligible if she had filed on her eligibility date.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2024
- Citation
- A24073831
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.
What you can do next
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