The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance of another or housebound status prior to February 23, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are not shown by the evidence to debilitate him to such an extent that he requires the regular aid and attendance of another person as specified in VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals repair right lower lid entropion and lateral tarsal strip left eye with bilateral senile ectropion, major depressive disorder with alcohol abuse in remission, epiphora associated with residuals repair right lower lid entropion and lateral tarsal strip left eye with bilateral senile ectropion, chronic blepharitis and conjunctivitis, bilateral
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- November 15, 2017
- Citation
- 1752409
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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