The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected conditions, including his blindness due to eye disabilities and anxiety disorder, render him in need of regular aid and attendance. As a result, he is entitled to special monthly compensation based on this need.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's blindness due to his service-connected eye disabilities makes it necessary for him to have regular aid and attendance.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic glaucoma, left eye, Diabetic non proliferative retinopathy and retinopathy with cataracts to include right eye, Adjustment disorder with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 5, 2018
- Citation
- 1820488
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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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