The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him in need of regular aid and attendance due to his inability to perform daily activities such as feeding, dressing, bathing, and attending to personal hygiene needs. The Board has granted special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions result in an actual need for personal assistance from others to conduct his daily activities of living.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), coronary artery disease (CAD), right knee disability, nephrolithiasis with recurrent kidney stones, diabetes mellitus, type II with nephropathy and onychomycosis, gouty arthritis of the right great toe, degenerative disc and joint disease of the cervical spine, prostate cancer, removal of a benign cyst of the left talus, post-traumatic arthrosis of the left knee, chronic seborrheic dermatitis with chronic tinea cruris and tinea versicolor, low back condition, degenerative changes of the left wrist and hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 15, 2021
- Citation
- A21018244
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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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