The Veteran's service-connected conditions render him in need of regular aid and attendance, necessitating special monthly compensation at the aid and attendance rate.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's chronic paranoid schizophrenia and other service-connected disabilities require constant personal assistance from his wife to perform activities of daily living.
- Claimed conditions
- paranoid schizophrenia, end stage renal disease (ESRD), chronic kidney disease (CKD), type II diabetes mellitus, cardiomyopathy, hypertension (HTN), congestive heart failure (CHF)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 14, 2016
- Citation
- 1610076
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