The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person or being permanently housebound, finding that her service-connected disabilities do not result in such a need.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected disabilities do not result in the need for regular aid and attendance of another person as they do not cause limitations in dressing, undressing, keeping clean, preparing meals, attending to personal hygiene, or protecting from daily hazards.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, status post hysterectomy, residuals of right wrist fracture, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with radicular symptoms, degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, right upper extremity radiculopathy, degenerative joint disease and bursitis of bilateral hips
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2019
- Citation
- A19000013
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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