The veteran is entitled to special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected residuals of head injury, including cognitive deficit with dementia, and low back disability result in his requiring assistance with activities of daily living such as cooking, personal hygiene, and performance of other daily tasks. The Board finds that the veteran is unable to function without supervision and assistance due to these disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals, head injury, to include cognitive deficit with dementia, Degenerative disc disease, L4-5, with degenerative joint disease L5-S1 with radiculopathy and nerve root impingement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 7, 2009
- Citation
- 0900588
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including a head injury, headache disorder, erectile dysfunction, left earache disorder, chronic fatigue, right shoulder disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, right foot disorder, GERD, and left shoulder disorder, as the evidence did not support current diagnoses of these conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for right hand strain status-post fracture of the third metacarpal and denied service connection for various other conditions including a right ankle condition, foot disability (torn Achilles tendon), acquired psychiatric disability, ear condition, head injury, left leg disability, and low back disability.
- Denied
The appeal for an increased rating for left hip, the claims for entitlement to an earlier effective date and an increased rating for right knee strain, and the appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for left shoulder strain were dismissed. The claim for a 40 percent rating from June 24, 2021 for degenerative disc disease was granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a lumbar spine disability as secondary to a cervical spine disability due to an inadequate medical opinion.
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