The Veteran's son is not considered a Camp Lejeune family member due to insufficient residency at the base, and therefore does not meet eligibility criteria for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical care.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not reside at Camp Lejeune for 30 days as required by law for him to be eligible as a Camp Lejeune family member.
- Claimed conditions
- neurobehavioral effects
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2018
- Citation
- 18155472
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