The Board has determined that the veteran meets the criteria for a higher level of special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities, which require daily personal health-care services provided by licensed professionals.
The deciding factor: The veteran's need for regular aid and attendance, coupled with the requirement for personal health care services in his home, necessitates a higher rate of special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1114(r)(2).
- Claimed conditions
- terminal optic atrophy, diabetic retinopathy, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus associated with herbicide exposure, gastroparesis, peripheral neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities, peripheral neuropathy of the right and left upper extremities, malaria, liver disease secondary to diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 9, 2004
- Citation
- 0403702
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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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