The veteran meets the criteria for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance, but does not meet the criteria for being housebound due to a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to perform certain personal functions without assistance, necessitating the regular aid and attendance of another person. However, he is not permanently confined to his home or bedridden.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Residuals of a through and through gunshot wound of the right leg, Residuals of a gunshot wound of the left chest with retained foreign body, with residual scar of a pneumothorax and thoracotomy of the left chest, Tinnitus, Hearing loss, Scar on left chin, Appendectomy scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 27, 2009
- Citation
- 0902815
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 17, 2019, for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD but denied earlier effective dates for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus due to a lack of jurisdiction.
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