The veteran is in need of regular aid and attendance due to service-connected intervertebral disc disease with severe lumbar spondylosis, chronic low back pain, hypertensive cardiovascular disease, and coronary artery disease. The Board finds the evidence in equipoise as to whether this need for aid and attendance is related to a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the veteran's need for regular aid and attendance is due to his service-connected intervertebral disc disease with severe lumbar spondylosis, chronic low back pain, hypertensive cardiovascular disease, and coronary artery disease. The Board finds this in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- intervertebral disc disease with severe lumbar spondylosis, chronic low back pain, hypertensive cardiovascular disease, coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- August 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0021103
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