Granted
The appellant is granted eligibility for retroactive Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits from December 1, 2016.
The deciding factor: Eligibility was established based on the Veteran's permanent and total service-connected disability effective February 26, 2016, and the appellant filed his application within one year of this 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
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25087346
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