The Veteran's service-connected right shoulder, hip, and knee disorders have resulted in significant limitations that require regular aid and attendance. The Board finds the Veteran meets the criteria for special monthly compensation based on need for aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has multiple service-connected disabilities affecting his mobility, requiring assistance with daily activities due to severe pain and functional use of his limbs.
- Claimed conditions
- Avascular necrosis of the left shoulder, status post total arthroplasty, Avascular necrosis of the right shoulder, status post total shoulder arthroplasty, Avascular necrosis of the left hip, status post total hip arthroplasty with revision, Avascular necrosis of the right hip, status post core decompression, Right knee meniscectomy, Residuals of left knee meniscal tear, Avascular necrosis of the right ankle, Fibromyalgia to include sleep deprivation and septotectomy for deviated nasal septum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1044622
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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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Denied
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