The veteran's disabilities do not meet the criteria for special monthly pension based on the need for regular aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The veteran is able to dress, feed himself, manage his finances, and attend to personal hygiene without assistance. He can walk short distances with a cane and does not require regular aid and attendance due to disability.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, status post cholecystectomy, post gastrectomy syndrome and peptic ulcer disease, generalized anxiety disorder, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, chronic sinusitis, bursitis of bilateral knees, coronary artery disease status post myocardial infarction x 3 with hypertension, status post inguinal hernia repair
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0207991
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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