The Board has denied the appellant's claim for an apportionment of the veteran's disability compensation benefits for his son, D., due to a lack of clear documentation of their relationship and insufficient financial information provided by both parties.
The deciding factor: The appeal was not properly developed as required by the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000, including obtaining necessary medical records and financial statements from both the veteran and appellant.
- Claimed conditions
- autism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2001
- Citation
- 0118342
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