The Board has determined that the appellant meets the criteria for special monthly pension based on her need for regular aid and assistance due to multiple physical and mental disabilities.
The deciding factor: The appellant's chronic physical and mental disorders necessitate the regular assistance of another person in performing personal care functions and protecting her from daily environmental hazards.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, arteriosclerotic heart disease with a prior myocardial infarction, pseudophakia of the left eye with an intraocular lens and a cataract of the right eye, arthritis of multiple joints, hyperthyroidism, bronchial asthma, status post hysterectomy, urine incontinence, generalized anxiety disorder, vascular dementia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- July 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0207965
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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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- Dismissed
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