The appellant is granted retroactive payment of Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35 from March 2011, the date of his 18th birthday.
The deciding factor: The claim for DEA benefits was timely filed within one year of the initial rating decision granting service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, and thus is considered to have been filed on the appellant's adjusted 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
- April 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25038684
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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