The Board finds that the Veteran's spouse meets the factual definition for aid and attendance set under 3.352(a) due to multiple medical conditions including failure to thrive and chronic pain, resulting in her inability to feed herself, manage her finances, or perform self-care activities.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows the Veteran's spouse is unable to feed herself due to weakness and hand trembling, requires assistance with activities of daily living and incontinence care, and experiences confusion, poor balance, and unsteady gait.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple medical conditions including failure to thrive and chronic pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2017
- Citation
- 1745816
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