The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to care for most of his daily personal needs or to protect himself from the hazards and dangers incident to his daily environment without the assistance of others, thus denying special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance by another person.
The deciding factor: The VA examination did not find that the veteran regularly needed the assistance of other persons with activities such as feeding or keeping himself clean, nor did it indicate he required protection from hazards in his daily environment.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a post traumatic partial complex seizure disorder, deviated nasal septum, vitreous floater in the right eye, frontal sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 16, 2002
- Citation
- 0212079
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What this means for you
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