The veteran's dementia requires constant supervision, meeting the criteria for special monthly pension based on need for regular aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The veteran's dementia necessitates constant supervision to ensure his safety and daily needs are met.
- Claimed conditions
- Arteriosclerotic heart disease, status post angioplasty, Benign prostatic hypertrophy, Degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine, Dementia of Alzheimer's type, moderate degree, Status post right renal lithiasis, Status post-traumatic amputation of the upper third of the left index finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 27, 2003
- Citation
- 0305832
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating higher than 60 percent for the Veteran's heart disabilities and granted service connection for major vascular neurocognitive disorder, but denied special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(l).
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for arteriosclerotic heart disease from April 19, 2021 to September 5, 2024 and denied a higher rating thereafter.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a cervical spine disability to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing both causation and aggravation.
- Denied
The Board denied higher ratings for the Veteran's knee and cervical spine disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating under applicable criteria.
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