The Board found that the veteran's conditions do not meet the criteria for special monthly pension based on need for regular aid and attendance or being housebound, as he is able to leave his home at any time and does not require assistance with daily activities.
The deciding factor: The veteran's disabilities are not so severe as to necessitate regular aid and attendance or confinement to his home due to disability.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the knees, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, residual burn scars on both upper extremities and the chin, early senile cataracts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2007
- Citation
- 0701902
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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