The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him so helpless as to require the aid and attendance of another. The non-service-connected age/senility with generalized body weakness, flexion contractures of the knees with loss of motion and multiple arthritis has rendered him so helpless as to require the aid and attendance of another.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him incapable of performing his activities of daily living.
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic heart disease as a residual of beriberi, residuals of a shrapnel wound, left forearm, with retained foreign body and injury to muscle group VII, peripheral neuropathy of the left and right upper and lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2009
- Citation
- 0945474
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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