The Veteran's service-connected leukemia required regular aid and assistance from August 1, 2010 through August 31, 2011. The Board found that the Veteran needed constant care due to his stem cell transplant during this period.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence confirmed that the Veteran required a 24-hour caregiver for 100 days following his stem cell transplant and continued to have difficulties beyond this period.
- Claimed conditions
- leukemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 9, 2018
- Citation
- 18140861
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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