The Board has reopened the claim to establish the appellant as a helpless child for VA benefits purposes due to new evidence showing her current psychiatric condition may have been present since age 17. The case is remanded for further examination and opinion regarding whether she was permanently incapable of self-support at age 18.
The deciding factor: The new evidence suggests that the appellant's current bipolar disorder may have manifested at age 17, raising questions about her ability to support herself prior to age 18.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disorder, specifically bipolar disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2001
- Citation
- 0127279
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