The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected disabilities do not result in a permanent need for regular aid and attendance or housebound status, thus denying her claim for special monthly compensation.
The deciding factor: The VA physician found the appellant unable to perform daily activities without assistance due to blindness, which is not considered a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- low back pain, headaches, residuals of a hysterectomy, right greater trochanteric bursitis, left greater trochanteric bursitis, Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome with right quadrant pain, residuals of a right salpingo-oophorectomy, chondromalacia of the right knee, scar, residual of removal of a ganglion cyst from right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2007
- Citation
- 0708448
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and will provide a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
- Partly granted
The Board has not made a final determination on the claims of service connection for inguinal hernia, PTSD, joint pain, fibromyalgia, left knee disability, right knee disability, tinnitus, chronic fatigue syndrome, respiratory disability, sleep disorder, IBS, and headaches. The claims are remanded to obtain additional evidence and determine if these conditions are related to service.
- Granted
The claim for service connection of a low back disability was reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The claim is denied as there is no evidence that the current condition is related to service.
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