The Board has remanded the case to obtain additional evidence from Social Security Administration (SSA) records related to the appellant's son, G.H.L., who is seeking recognition as the helpless child of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The claim requires new and material evidence to reopen a previously denied claim for recognition of the appellant's son as the helpless child of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Permanent incapacity for self-support prior to attaining the age of 18
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2018
- Citation
- 18156526
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal to recognize her daughter M. as a helpless child based on permanent incapacity for self-support prior to attaining the age of 18 was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election of HLR and Board appeal options.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran seeks to establish recognition of her child, S., as her dependent child for VA purposes based on permanent incapacity for self-support prior to attaining the age of 18. The Board finds there was a pre-decisional error in VA's duty to assist that requires additional development.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's adult son, C., was recognized as a helpless child and dependent of the Veteran effective from August 28, 2025. The appeal seeking recognition on this basis is dismissed.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal seeking recognition of M.D. as the child based on permanent incapacity for self-support prior to attaining the age of 18 was dismissed because there is no longer a case or controversy affecting the provision of benefits by VA.
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