Granted
The Veteran's daughter, M.Q., is recognized as a helpless child of the Veteran based on permanent incapacity for self-support prior to attaining the age of 18.
The deciding factor: M.Q. is permanently incapable of self-support due to physical impairment, including requiring significant medical care and being tracheostomy, gastrostomy tube, and mechanical ventilator dependent.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25011226
Want to see how appeals like this one tend to go? Appeals like mine
We are not the VA. Veterans’ Rights is an independent resource built for veterans. We are not the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, not part of the government, and not endorsed by any government agency.
This is general information, not legal advice. For advice about your own situation, talk to a VA-accredited representative — many help for free.