The Board denied the Veteran's claim for recognition of his son as a 'helpless child' due to permanent incapacity for self-support prior to attaining age 18, finding that there was insufficient evidence to support this claim.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish that the Veteran's son was permanently incapable of self-support by reason of physical or mental defect at or before he attained the age of 18.
- Claimed conditions
- spina bifida involving the first sacral vertebra, absent left kidney, right kidney drainage tube abnormality, abnormal development of the floor of the bladder resulting in urinary incontinence (faulty control mechanism), imperforate anus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1014507
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What this means for you
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