The Board denied the appellant's claim for dependency and indemnity compensation benefits based on her status as the helpless child of the veteran due to her marriage, which barred her from being recognized as such.
The deciding factor: The appellant was married in 1986 and remained married until her spouse's death in 2003. Her marriage prevented her from being recognized as an unmarried person for purposes of determining whether she could be considered the veteran's helpless child, thus denying her claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0411496
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