The Board has determined that the veteran's daughter is a helpless child of the veteran due to her mental retardation, which rendered her permanently incapable of self-support prior to reaching the age of eighteen.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran's daughter was diagnosed with mental retardation and had been found unable to manage her own affairs or be employed, meeting the criteria for a helpless child under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- mental retardation
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2002
- Citation
- 0202588
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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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