The Board has determined that the veteran is not entitled to an apportionment of his disability compensation benefits greater than $260.00 on behalf of his minor child R.L.T., as doing so would cause undue financial hardship.
The deciding factor: The veteran's total monthly income, including the current apportionment, exceeds his expenses by over $1000, indicating that providing a higher apportionment would cause undue financial hardship to him and his family.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of both hands, anatomical loss of right lower extremity with left tibial fracture, partial complex seizure disorder, skull injury resulting from shrapnel penetration, burn scar left leg, burn scar right upper abdomen, burn scar above right elbow, multiple nontender scars of the trunk and extremities, liver laceration right lobe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 6, 2007
- Citation
- 0716816
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- Granted
The Veteran's loss of use of both hands is granted with a 100% rating from May 4, 2015 to September 15, 2019. SMC(n) and SMC(p) are also granted for the period before September 16, 2019.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to numbness and loss of use in both hands resulting from surgery performed by VA in June 2016.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a recurrent neurological disability, including partial complex seizure disorder and headache disability, and a recurrent ear disability, including otitis externa, to ensure necessary development is completed.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 100 percent rating for Parkinson's disease with major neurocognitive disorder and a 100 percent rating for loss of use of both feet and hands from June 7, 2021. The other claims were denied.
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