The Veteran's son, KCD, is permanently incapable of self-support prior to attaining the age of 18 due to a learning disorder and social communication issues. The current incapacity for self-support exists after the age of 18 but was present before then.
The deciding factor: VA examiner's opinion supported by medical literature indicating that mental health conditions, including learning disorders and social communication issues, can manifest retroactively and result in permanent incapacity for self-support prior to attaining the age of 18.
- Claimed conditions
- Learning Disorder, Persistent Depressive Disorder, Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2018
- Citation
- 1804190
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