The Board has affirmed the RO's decision to grant an apportionment of the veteran's VA compensation benefits in the amount of $59 on behalf of his child, O.N., Jr. The apportionment will not cause undue hardship.
The deciding factor: An apportionment was granted based on the veteran's child being permanently incapable of self-support due to cerebral palsy and that the veteran is not reasonably discharging his responsibility for his spouse's or children's support.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebral palsy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 59%
- Decision date
- January 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0501206
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Decisions by this judge: 2,435 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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