The Veteran is in need of regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities, including coronary artery disease, posttraumatic stress disorder, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy with glaucoma and cataracts, and other conditions. Special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance has been granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly his coronary artery disease, posttraumatic stress disorder, diabetes mellitus, and peripheral neuropathy, have rendered him in need of regular aid and assistance due to his inability to perform personal functions such as bathing, dressing, feeding himself, managing medications, and attending to the wants of nature.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, posttraumatic stress disorder, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, diabetic retinopathy with glaucoma and cataracts, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, painful scars of the left leg and chest, onychomycosis and tinea pedis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 17, 2018
- Citation
- 18100596
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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.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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