The Board denied the Veteran's claim for recognition of M.C. as a 'helpless child' due to her inability to support herself before turning 18, citing evidence that she had ongoing psychiatric and intellectual issues after age 18.
The deciding factor: The medical records did not provide objective evidence of M.C.'s psychiatric diagnoses or adaptive functioning prior to age 18, which is required for a determination of incapacity at that time.
- Claimed conditions
- Mental Retardation, Intellectual Disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23026720
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