The Board has remanded the case due to unclear medical evidence regarding whether the appellant requires regular aid and attendance of another person as a result of his service-connected disabilities. A VA examination is needed to determine this.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence is insufficient to determine if the appellant needs regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine, residuals of pleural cavity injury, fracture of the third though eighth ribs with pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema with pleural thickening, neuralgia of the left sciatic nerve from fractures of the left ilium and left tibia, residues of malaria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2004
- Citation
- 0407652
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What this means for you
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