The Veteran's son is recognized as helpless on the basis of permanent incapacity for self-support due to a mental condition prior to his 18th birthday.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence shows that the appellant was permanently incapable of self-support by reason of a psychiatric defect before reaching the age of 18 years.
- Claimed conditions
- Mental condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0929390
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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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