The Board has determined that the Veteran needs aid and attendance of another person due to service-connected disabilities, specifically the residuals of a shell fragment wound of Muscle Group XIII of the right thigh and diabetic peripheral neuropathy affecting both upper and lower extremities.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the Veteran's service-connected conditions require him to be in need of regular aid and attendance due to his inability to protect himself from environmental hazards, activities of daily living difficulties, and pain from multiple conditions including diabetes and Paget's disease.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a shell fragment wound of Muscle Group XIII of the right thigh, diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2014
- Citation
- 1431526
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What this means for you
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