The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him so helpless as to require regular assistance of another person, meeting the criteria for SMC based on need for aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to perform several activities of daily living without the assistance of another person, including bathing, dressing, toileting, and transferring between positions. The Board has resolved all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right ankle injury, right leg dystonia, arthritis, left ankle, arthritis, left and right hip, arthritis, left knee with limitation of flexion and extension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 21, 2011
- Citation
- 1135358
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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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