The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him so helpless as to be in need of the regular aid and attendance of another person or substantially confined to his home, thus he is denied special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance or housebound status.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities result in him being so helpless as to be in need of the regular aid and attendance of another person or substantially confined to his home, thus he is denied special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance or housebound status.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, bilateral hearing loss, status post pacemaker implant due to sick sinus syndrome associated with hypertension, benign prostatic hypertrophy, incomplete right foot drop, residual of cerebrovascular accident (x2), to include bimalleolar fracture of the right ankle, associated with hypertension, residuals of a lumbar spine fracture, secondary to incomplete foot drop
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0906252
What this means for you
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