The Board has determined that the August 1991 and November 1992 rating decisions were clearly and unmistakably erroneous in failing to recognize E.M.M. as a 'child' of the veteran on the basis of permanent incapacity for self-support prior to attaining the age of eighteen.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that E.M.M. required continuous supervision due to her seizure disorder, which rendered her permanently incapable of self-support prior to reaching the age of eighteen.
- Claimed conditions
- Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0631975
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