The Board has determined that A.A.L., the veteran's son, is not a helpless child due to lack of evidence showing he was permanently incapable of self-support by age 18.
The deciding factor: There is no persuasive medical evidence demonstrating chronic mental or physical defects at age 18 rendering A.A.L. permanently incapable of self-support.
- Claimed conditions
- mental disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0632872
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