The veteran's service-connected disabilities render him incapable of attending to the wants of nature on a regular basis, meeting the criteria for special monthly compensation based on need for aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The veteran's incontinence due to his service-connected perirectal abscess, fistula in ano, and entervesical fistula renders him unable to attend to the wants of nature on a regular basis.
- Claimed conditions
- perirectal abscess, fistula in ano, entervesical fistula, genitourinary disability, papilloma of the bladder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 9, 2004
- Citation
- 0403714
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Decisions by this judge: 1,582 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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