The Veteran's helpless child, L.L., needs further medical evaluation to determine if her disability rendered her incapable of self-support prior to the age of 18.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to assess L.L.'s disability and its impact on her ability to support herself before turning 18.
- Claimed conditions
- permanent incapacity for self-support prior to attaining the age of 18
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19179199
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for recognition of A.S. as a helpless child due to permanent incapacity for self-support prior to attaining the age of 18 is remanded due to insufficient notice and incomplete medical records.
- Denied
The Veteran's son, G.A., Jr., was not shown to have been permanently incapable of self-support prior to attaining the age of 18. Therefore, recognition as a helpless child is denied.
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