The veteran's conditions do not meet the criteria for special monthly pension based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his ability to care for himself and engage in most of the activities of daily living.
The deciding factor: The veteran is able to dress, feed himself, attend to personal hygiene, and perform household chores with minimal assistance, thus not meeting the criteria for needing regular aid and attendance.
- Claimed conditions
- paralysis of the right radicular nerve, paralysis of the right sciatic nerve, residuals of craniotomy, seizure disorder with expressive aphasia, status post fracture of the right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0008236
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the claimed conditions and set an effective date of December 31, 2019.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found multiple pre-decisional duty to assist errors and has remanded the claims for further development.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and finds that his service-connected disabilities materially contributed to his death from respiratory failure due to COPD. The appeal is granted.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further examination and evaluation to determine the relationship between his claimed mental disorders and the craniotomy performed in service.
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