The Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance was granted with an effective date of September 8, 2005. The claim for automobile and adaptive equipment or for adaptive equipment only was denied as the evidence did not meet the criteria for loss of use of either hand or foot.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not result in a loss of use of any extremity or blindness/impairment of vision in both eyes, which is required to qualify for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance. The evidence also failed to demonstrate the Veteran being equally well served by an amputation stump at the site of election below his elbow or knee with the use of a suitable prosthetic appliance.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, left upper and lower hemiparesis residuals secondary to cerebrovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, diabetic neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2010
- Citation
- 1001518
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