The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him in need of regular aid and attendance, with resolution of reasonable doubt in his favor.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requires assistance with activities of daily living due to his service-connected knee and ankle conditions, as well as cognitive impairments like dementia and Parkinson's disease.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee status post arthroplasty, right knee status post arthroplasty with limited motion associated with left knee status post arthroplasty, degenerative arthritis of both ankle joints associated with right ankle status post fusion and limited motion, left instability associated with left knee status post arthroplasty, right ankle status post fusion and limited motion, traumatic arthritis, left hip, muscle atrophy, left quadriceps muscles, post-operative scars, right ankle, post-operative scars, left thigh, degenerative arthritis of right hip joints associated with traumatic arthritis, left hip, residuals of fractures
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 22, 2018
- Citation
- 1804077
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left hip osteoarthritis and right hip osteoarthritis as secondary to the Veteran's now service-connected knee disabilities, but denied service connection for a variety of other conditions including bilateral ankle, shoulder, foot, mood disorder, tinnitus, hyperlipidemia, and knees.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral foot and ankle conditions to correct a duty to assist error, requiring medical opinions on their relationship to the Veteran's service.
- Dismissed
The appeals concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for various conditions and a higher level of special monthly compensation (SMC) for aid and attendance are dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a right ankle disability to obtain an addendum opinion.
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