The veteran's service-connected disabilities result in the need for regular aid and attendance of another person, which has been granted.
The deciding factor: The veteran requires assistance with daily activities such as bathing, eating, dressing, and attending to personal hygiene due to his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound of the left thigh, paralysis resulting from shell fragment wound of the left thigh, muscle atrophy of the left lower leg and foot drop, residuals of a shell fragment wound of the right thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- July 2, 2007
- Citation
- 0719823
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The veteran was granted a 20 percent rating for left knee instability prior to February 7, 2021, and restoration of a separate 10 percent rating for a shell fragment wound of the left thigh. Other issues were denied or remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded three issues: increased rating for shell fragment wound of the left thigh, service connection for a low back disorder, and service connection for bilateral radiculopathy of the lower extremities. The Veteran is required to undergo VA examinations for these issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered a remand to obtain an updated medical opinion regarding the cause of the Veteran's death, specifically whether his service-connected conditions caused or contributed to his death.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for residuals of a shell fragment wound of the left thigh before July 3, 1997 was denied by the Board. The evidence showed that the injury involved Muscle Group XIII and Muscle Group XIV in the same anatomical region affecting the left knee joint.
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