The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him in need of regular aid and attendance, warranting special monthly compensation based on this need.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including lumbosacral strain, anxiety reaction, diabetes mellitus, thrombophlebitis, prostatitis, and other residuals from shell fragment wounds and gunshot injuries, render him unable to function without regular aid and attendance.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, anxiety reaction, diabetes mellitus, type II, thrombophlebitis, left lower extremity, thrombophlebitis, right lower extremity, prostatitis, abdominal scar residuals, left flank, scar residuals of shell fragment wounds, right thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1001357
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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.
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