The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including Parkinson’s disease and related disorders, render him in need of regular aid and attendance. The Board granted his claim for special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly Parkinson’s disease, prevent him from completing activities of daily living adequately without assistance.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson’s disease, neurocognitive disorder with anxiety, diabetes mellitus (DM), right and left upper and lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy (PN), loss of autonomic movements, stooped posture, partial loss of sense of smell, erectile dysfunction (ED), right diabetic foot ulcer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 18, 2020
- Citation
- A20018919
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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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