The veteran is found to be competent for VA purposes and does not meet the criteria for special monthly pension on account of need for aid and attendance or being housebound.
The deciding factor: The veteran's mental retardation, schizophrenia, arteriosclerotic heart disease, low back syndrome, and degenerative arthritis of the left ankle are rated as 100 percent disabling. The veteran is not blind or nearly blind; is not institutionalized in, or confined to, a nursing home or other facility due to physical or mental incapacity; does not need regular aid and assistance to perform activities necessary for daily living; and is not confined to his home or its immediate premises.
- Claimed conditions
- mental retardation, schizophrenia, arteriosclerotic heart disease, low back syndrome, degenerative arthritis of the left ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 13, 2007
- Citation
- 0717634
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- Granted
The Veteran's schizophrenia is rated at 70 percent, indicating significant impairment in work and social functioning.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected arteriosclerotic heart disease is rated at 60% and has rendered him unemployable from February 17, 2023 to July 24, 2023. The Board also granted a special monthly compensation based on the housebound criteria.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for an allowance for an automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment, as he does not have physical loss of use of hands or feet, permanent impairment of vision in both eyes, severe burn injury, ALS, or ankylosis of knees or hips.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for an effective date prior to August 18, 2016, for a 100 percent disability rating for schizophrenia and for spousal SMC for aid and attendance. The Veteran's claim was erroneously adjudicated by the AOJ and constitutes a free-standing earlier effective date claim.
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