The Veteran's service-connected gunshot wound of the right arm did not meet the criteria for special monthly compensation based on need for regular aid and attendance or being housebound at the time of his death.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence showed that the Veteran required assistance with activities such as bathing, feeding, and attending to personal needs due to multiple severe disabilities, including amputation of the right arm and left hand deformity. The service-connected disability alone did not result in a need for regular aid and attendance or housebound status.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound of the right arm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1042568
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