The Board finds the evidence to be in relative equipoise, with the Veteran prevailing, and grants special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance of another person as a result of his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The overwhelming medical evidence demonstrates an inability of the Veteran to dress or undress himself, walk unassisted, prepare meals for himself or protect himself in his daily environment due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right above knee amputation, diabetes, left transmetarsal amputation involving the 2nd through 5th toes with chronic amputation of the great toe, posttraumatic stress disorder, diabetic neuropathy of the right upper extremity, diabetic neuropathy of the left upper extremity, diabetic neuropathy of the left lower extremity, right hand scar, right thigh scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1044985
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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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