The Board has granted the appellant's claim for special monthly pension (SMP) by reason of needing the regular aid and attendance of another individual, finding that he is unable to protect himself from daily hazards due to severe mental incapacity. The housebound rate appeal was dismissed as moot since a greater benefit had already been granted.
The deciding factor: The appellant's need for A&A was established based on his inability to protect himself from daily environmental hazards due to severe mental incapacity, including loss of recent and remote memory.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes, Cataracts, Numbness and paresthesia of the feet and hands, Pain in both knees, Non-radiating pain in the low back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 4, 2002
- Citation
- 0205823
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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.
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