The Veteran is entitled to special monthly pension benefits based on the need for aid and attendance of another person due to his disabilities, including diabetic neuropathy, glaucoma, vertigo, and memory loss. His combined nonservice-connected disability rating for pension purposes is 90 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's disabilities include conditions that require assistance with activities of daily living and necessitate the aid and attendance of another person to protect him from hazards in his environment.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Non-insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (DM), Glaucoma, Vertigo, Occasional Memory Loss, Senile Cataracts with Refractive Error, Urinary Incontinence, Epicleritis Conjunctivitis, Refractive Error, Hearing Loss (Right Ear), Sinusitis, Allergic Rhinitis, Viral Syndrome, Gastritis, Status-post Nephrolithiasis by History, Tinia Cruris with Onychomicosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2011
- Citation
- 1124543
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of entitlement to service connection for vertigo and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The Veteran's hearing loss is not rated higher than 10 percent.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is related to his active-duty service and has granted service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Veteran's allergic rhinitis is currently rated as 10 percent disabling prior to September 16, 2024 and noncompensable thereafter. The Board found the evidence against finding that his condition met the criteria for a higher rating.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Major Depressive Disorder is rated at 50 percent, effective December 14, 2021. The Board also granted a TDIU based on the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
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