Granted
The veteran requires regular aid and attendance due to mental health symptoms, memory loss, inability to manage medications, high risk of falls, limited mobility, and the need for supervision in daily activities.
The deciding factor: The evidence established a factual need for aid and attendance based on the veteran's mental health issues, memory deficits, and physical limitations that required assistance with daily living activities.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2008
- Citation
- 0813724
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
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