The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not require aid and attendance or render him housebound.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran is able to care for himself without assistance, with no functional restrictions in activities such as self-feeding, dressing, bathing, shaving, undressing, and using assistive devices. He also has no need for a wheelchair or other mobility aids.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical myopathy due to disc bulging, bladder and bowel impairment, headaches, hypertensive heart disease with congestive heart failure, residuals of lumbar spine injury with disc bulging, arthritis of the right knee, arthritis of the left knee, residuals of right ankle fracture, tinnitus, hypertension, burn scar of the left upper arm, keloid scar of the right upper arm, erectile dysfunction associated with hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- March 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0608934
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, as the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and continuity of symptoms were not adequately considered in the previous decision.
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