The Board has determined that the veteran's son is entitled to recognition as a helpless child due to permanent incapacity for self-support prior to attaining age 18, based on evidence of significant hearing loss and mental disabilities from an early age.
The deciding factor: The appellant was found to be permanently incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical defect at the time he turned 18 years old, as evidenced by his lifelong severe deafness and associated emotional problems.
- Claimed conditions
- permanent incapacity for self-support due to mental or physical defect
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0605335
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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