The Veteran is granted special monthly pension based on the need for aid and attendance due to upper and lower extremity weakness, loss of muscle strength, and balance issues that make daily activities difficult.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's impairments in upper and lower extremities, along with balance issues, necessitate regular aid and assistance from another person.
- Claimed conditions
- upper extremity weakness, lower extremity weakness, balance issues
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2018
- Citation
- 18138469
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