The veteran's service-connected lumbar disability results in the need for regular aid and attendance of another person due to his inability to dress, undress himself, or keep himself clean and presentable.
The deciding factor: The veteran's back pain necessitated the use of morphine, and he had extensive increase in symptomatology after his diskectomy and surgery. He required assistance with daily activities such as feeding, dressing, and toileting due to weakness and unsteadiness in his legs.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative residuals of lumbosacral strain with arthritis and degenerative disc disease, ulcer disease with history of hiatal hernia, anxiety disorder, hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- February 25, 2003
- Citation
- 0303228
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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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