The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and multiple shell fragment wounds, render him in need of regular aid and attendance due to his severe physical and mental incapacity.
The deciding factor: The veteran's multiple service-connected conditions, particularly his PTSD and SFWs, cause significant daily functional impairments requiring assistance from another person.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), shell fragment wound (SFW) of the left buttock, SFW of right posterior medial thigh, SFW to the right posterior calf, SFW to left anterior groin, SFW to the left shoulder posterior popliteal area, hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 7, 2004
- Citation
- 0414552
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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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