The Board has determined that the veteran's disabilities have rendered him unable to independently perform daily functions of self-care or protect himself from hazards and dangers, warranting special monthly pension based on need for aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows the veteran is unable to ambulate without assistance and requires personal health care services due to his physical limitations.
- Claimed conditions
- above the knee left leg amputation, left hip pain, right knee pain, low back pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0119589
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
The claims for service connection for hypertension, back pain, right hip pain, left hip pain, right knee pain, and left knee pain have been readjudicated. The claim for sleep apnea has also been readjudicated.,Service connection has been granted for a neck condition, back pain, right hip pain, left hip pain, right knee pain, left knee pain, an acquired psychiatric disorder, bruxism, and vertigo.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for compressed discs of the low back, left hip pain, and right hip pain due to procedural defects in filing a timely Notice of Disagreement (NOD).
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