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
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 832 · Granted: 18% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for PTSD and dismissed his appeals regarding increased ratings for tinnitus and a right hand disability due to lack of timely filing of Notice of Disagreement.
- Denied
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- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to December 27, 2019 for the grant of service connection for PTSD was denied as there is no earlier claim document in the claims file and the Veteran did not timely perfect an appeal.
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