The veteran's service-connected disabilities require the daily personal health care services of a skilled provider without which he would need institutional care, meeting the criteria for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The veteran's severe musculoskeletal abnormalities with muscle wasting and degenerative joint disease from his service-connected conditions necessitate the daily assistance of a skilled provider to meet their needs.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a subtotal gastrectomy, residuals of a fractured left hip, left leg shell fragment wound residuals, osteomyelitis of the left tibia, muscle hernia of the right tibialis, paralysis of the left saphenous nerve, multiple scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 15, 2004
- Citation
- 0425307
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate reasons or bases in the decision, and additional development is needed. The Veteran should be provided another opportunity to submit a completed VA Form 21-8940 and updated treatment records.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed all the appeals for service connection due to the Veteran's death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for increased ratings for various shell fragment wound residuals due to inconsistencies in effective dates and proper consideration of schedular criteria.
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