The veteran is rated permanently and totally disabled for pension purposes, with a combined non-service-connected evaluation of 90 percent. He requires the aid and attendance of another person due to his leg fractures and other disabilities.
The deciding factor: The veteran's need for regular aid and attendance was established based on his physical limitations and inability to perform daily activities without assistance.
- Claimed conditions
- status post T11-12 laminectomy with excision of the T12 nerve root and tumor, open reduction and internal fixation of the tibia, blindness in the left eye due to injury, benign prostatic hypertrophy, left inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 23, 2004
- Citation
- 0416404
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