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, transportation, and medication administration due to his service-connected conditions, including arthritis and instability in the knees and ankles.
- 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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for further review due to inadequate assessments of the Veteran's knee disabilities and clarification on his employment history.
- Granted
The Board has granted payment or reimbursement for the cost of medical treatment received at Banner Del Webb Medical Center on October 15, 2011 due to a prudent layperson's expectation that immediate medical attention was necessary.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the case for scheduling a DRO hearing and readjudicating the issues on appeal.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left knee status post arthroplasty, finding that it was not secondary to a service-connected right leg disability.
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