The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation based on the need of regular aid and attendance, finding that the veteran did not meet the criteria for such benefits prior to September 1, 1991.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him so helpless as to be unable to care for his daily personal needs without assistance from others until after September 1, 1991.
- Claimed conditions
- Hodgkin's disease, pleural effusions associated with restrictive lung disease, hypothyroidism, sensory impairment, right lower extremity, sensory impairment, left lower extremity, pericardial effusion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 26, 2001
- Citation
- 0105670
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What this means for you
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism, as it is presumptively linked to herbicide agent exposure during the Veteran's service in Vietnam.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for service-connected hypothyroidism and remanded the claim for service connection for lipomas (claimed as cysts surgery).
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