The veteran's need for regular aid and attendance due to his disabilities has been established, resulting in the grant of special monthly pension based on this need.
The deciding factor: The veteran requires assistance with daily living needs as a result of his multiple service-connected conditions and cognitive impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Meningioma with seizure disorder, Right knee fracture with full cast, Pseudodementia secondary to depression, Active rheumatoid arthritis, Benign prostatic hypertrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- July 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0020065
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's hypertension, lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome and vertebral fracture, explosive diarrhea, benign prostatic hypertrophy, and hydrocele repair during right spermatocele resection were all granted service connection. However, the initial rating for lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome and vertebral fracture was denied.
- Granted
The Board has granted an increased disability rating of 60 percent for benign prostatic hypertrophy with urethritis from February 19, 2014.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's PTSD is granted a 100% rating.,Service connection for benign prostatic hypertrophy and erectile dysfunction are remanded due to insufficient evidence.,Right foot condition (hammer toes and osteoarthritis) is remanded due to insufficient evidence.,TDIU claim is remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with the other issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's tension headaches are granted service connection. The remaining issues of service connection for various musculoskeletal and psychiatric disabilities are remanded.
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