The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to perform the basic functions of self-care and are as helpless due to his service-connected conditions, necessitating regular aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's multiple service-connected disabilities, including diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction, right foot amputation, and peripheral neuropathy, make it necessary for him to have regular aid and attendance.
- Claimed conditions
- nephropathy with hypertension associated with diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction, sleep apnea, pancreatitis, chronic cholecystitis and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction, charcot, right foot, status post reconstructive surgery, right below knee amputation, right foot diabetic ulcers to include bilateral onychomycosis with left lower extremity diabetic ulcers, acanthosis nigricans, and tinea versicolor, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), left foot, amputation of the 4th and 5th toes, pseudofolliculitis barbae, hypertension, GERD, migraine headaches, peripheral neuropathy left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy right upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy right lower extremity, bilateral heel spurs, gouty arthritis, rectal fissure, hemorrhoids, tinea versicolor, bilateral onychomycosis with left lower extremity diabetic ulcers, erectile dysfunction, acanthosis nigricans, diabetic ulcers left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- August 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19166357
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