The Veteran's son, C.M.C., has been diagnosed with partial complex epilepsy, cerebral injury, spasticity and impaired vision. However, he was not shown to have been permanently incapable of self-support by reason of a mental or physical condition prior to reaching the age of 18.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that C.M.C. became permanently incapable of self-support prior to his eighteenth birthday due to his diagnosed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- partial complex epilepsy, cerebral injury, spasticity, impaired vision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2015
- Citation
- 1538192
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