The Board has determined that the veteran's son is a helpless child on the basis of permanent incapacity for self-support prior to attaining the age of 18 years.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran's son had severe disabilities from an early age, requiring assistance and support from his family. Despite efforts to provide him with education and training, he has not been capable of self-support or full-time work.
- Claimed conditions
- agnesia of the corpus callossum, congenital hydrocephalus, permanent ventricular shunt
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2008
- Citation
- 0840646
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