The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities cause physical incapacity requiring care or assistance on a regular basis, despite having multiple non-service connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle ankylosis, right foot muscle group X injuries, status post lumbar surgery with lumbar strain and scar, left ankle lateral malleolus scar, right popliteal area scar, right forearm limitation of flexion, right hip degenerative arthritis associated with residuals of fractured inferior ramus, both pubic bones
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 16, 2013
- Citation
- 1312508
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The April 24, 1995, Rating Decision was reversed and service connection for coccyx disability is granted. Other motions for revision of the April 24, 1995, Rating Decision were denied or remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for chronic rhinitis, allergic or non-allergic and urinary incontinence (loss of bladder control) as there was insufficient evidence to establish a causal link between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's military service. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for neck, left arm, left hip, right hip, and right ankle disabilities. It remanded decisions on the left knee, right knee, right upper extremity cubital tunnel syndrome, left ankle tendonitis, and lumbosacral strain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to inadequate VA examination reports for his right forearm, left knee, and jaw disabilities. The TDIU claim is also remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with the other issues.
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