The Board has granted DIC benefits for the appellant's son, SB, due to permanent incapacity for self-support prior to his eighteenth birthday. The condition was present at age five and is considered a new and material issue.
The deciding factor: SB had a significant brain insult at age 5 which caused him to be permanently incapable of self-support prior to reaching the age of eighteen.
- Claimed conditions
- Permanent incapacity for self-support due to mental defect
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 14, 2011
- Citation
- 1138452
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