The veteran is granted special monthly pension by reason of need for regular aid and attendance due to his multiple service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The veteran requires assistance with daily activities, including bathing, dressing, toileting, grooming, getting out of bed, driving, and leaving the house, which necessitates the regular aid and attendance of another person.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, status post gastrectomy, degenerative joint disease of the left shoulder, degenerative joint disease of the right shoulder, degenerative joint disease of the left knee, degenerative joint disease of the right elbow, degenerative joint disease of the left wrist, degenerative joint disease of the right wrist, degenerative joint disease of the left hip, degenerative joint disease of the right hip, degenerative joint disease of the left ankle, degenerative joint disease of the right ankle, high blood pressure, hematopoietic hyperplasia, von Willebrand's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0836244
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that remand is needed for the Veteran's claims due to duty to assist errors, including clarification of periods of service and obtaining relevant records. The Veteran will be afforded new medical examinations for each claimed disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims of right shoulder disability and low back disability due to insufficient evidence.
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