The Veteran is seeking recognition of his son as a helpless child due to mental and physical disabilities. The RO has ordered additional medical examinations and records review to determine if the son was permanently incapable of self-support at age 18.
The deciding factor: The case requires further evidence, including medical examination results, to determine if the Veteran's son is permanently incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical defect at the date of attaining the age of 18 years.
- Claimed conditions
- Autism, Asperger's syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1046709
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's adult child, L., was added to his VA compensation award as a dependent on the basis of permanent incapacity for self-support prior to attaining the age of 18. The Board denied an earlier effective date due to lack of claim within one year of L.'s eighteenth birthday.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's daughter, T., is seeking to be recognized as a helpless child due to her permanent incapacity for self-support prior to turning 18. The AOJ did not obtain necessary private medical records related to T.'s condition at the time of her 18th birthday.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for permanent incapacity for self-support for his child, S.C., dated on October 8, 2015, is granted with an effective date of October 8, 2015.
- Granted
The Veteran's son, O.M., is recognized as a helpless child due to his permanent incapacity for self-support prior to reaching the age of 18, primarily attributed to autism and Asperger's Syndrome.
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