The veteran's service-connected back disability requires regular aid and attendance, meeting the criteria for special monthly compensation based on need for aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The veteran is unable to perform activities of daily living due to his service-connected back disorder, requiring assistance from another person.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of an injury to the lumbar spine with degenerative disc disease, vasomotor rhinitis, gastric anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2004
- Citation
- 0400217
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Decisions by this judge: 1,293 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of increased ratings for cervical spine and bilateral hip disabilities due to a duty to assist error. The Veteran's vasomotor rhinitis remains at noncompensable rating.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals as untimely due to failure to file a proper Notice of Disagreement within one year from the date of the March 2019 rating decision.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for initial compensable disability ratings and earlier effective dates for service-connected deviated nasal septum and vasomotor rhinitis has been dismissed due to the Veteran's representative withdrawing his appeals.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an effective date prior to June 9, 2016 for the grant of service connection for vasomotor rhinitis and dermatitis and lipomas.,The Board also found that the Veteran did not have a claim for skin cancer included in his previously denied claim, which was filed in January 2003.
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