The Board denied the appellant's claim for survivor benefits, service connection for cause of death, and dependency and indemnity benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to her not meeting the statutory definition of a child as defined in 38 C.F.R. § 3.57.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not meet the statutory criteria to qualify as a surviving child of the Veteran, and thus was not entitled to survivors' benefits including permanent incapacity for self-support, service connection for cause of death, and dependency and indemnity benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2021
- Citation
- 21067618
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