The veteran's combined evaluation for his disabilities is 70 percent, which does not meet the criteria for special monthly pension based on need for regular aid and attendance or being housebound.
The deciding factor: The veteran's disabilities do not render him unable to care for his daily needs without regular personal assistance from others, nor are they severe enough to qualify as needing aid and attendance or being housebound.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of lumbar laminectomy with a clinical bilateral L4 left L5-S1 radiculopathy, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, status postoperative varicocele, atypical depressive disorder, varicose veins
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0016406
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a neck condition, plantar fasciitis, left ankle condition, and varicose veins to ensure that VA's duty to assist is followed and that the Veteran is afforded every possible consideration.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for an increased rating for varicose veins and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
- Dismissed
The appeals regarding the deferred claims for service connection for varicose veins and total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) are dismissed as there was no final adjudicative determination to which a Notice of Disagreement could be filed.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, but granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
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