The veteran's nonservice-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for special monthly pension based on need for regular aid and attendance of another person or being housebound.
The deciding factor: The veteran does not have a single permanent disability rated as 100% disabling, nor is he substantially confined to his home due to multiple disabilities that will remain throughout his lifetime.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic left leg lymph edema with recurrent lymphangitis, arteriosclerotic heart disease, tinea cruris and corporis, pulmonary embolism, residuals of a simple fracture of the left pubic bone, dysthymia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- March 17, 2000
- Citation
- 0007251
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What this means for you
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