The Veteran's son (the appellant) seeks payment of accrued benefits in excess of $6001.75 owed to the Veteran at the time of his death, but the Board finds that he does not qualify as a 'child' for purposes of receiving such benefits and thus has no legal entitlement.
The deciding factor: The appellant is not considered a child of the Veteran for purposes of accrued benefits due to lack of evidence showing he meets the definition of a child (less than 18 years old, permanently incapable of self-support prior to age 18, or between ages 18-23 pursuing education).
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2015
- Citation
- 1544102
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