The Veteran's service-connected COPD and secondary CAD have rendered him wheelchair-bound, unable to be independently mobile or perform several activities of daily living without the aid and attendance of another. As a result, he is in need of regular aid and attendance due to loss of use of both lower extremities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected COPD and CAD have caused significant functional impairment resulting in wheelchair-bound status and inability to perform activities of daily living without assistance.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) with old granulomatous disease, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- August 17, 2010
- Citation
- 1030795
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