The Veteran's combination of service-connected disabilities required care and assistance on a regular basis to dress herself, prepare meals, keep herself clean and presentable, attend to the wants of nature, and protect her from the hazards or dangers inherent in her daily environment. As such, she is granted special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combination of service-connected disabilities required care and assistance on a regular basis due to her inability to perform personal functions like dressing, preparing meals, and attending to her needs without help.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus, migraine headaches, lumbago with bilateral sacroiliac joint mild degenerative arthritis, left lower extremity radiculopathy associated with lumbago with bilateral sacroiliac joint mild degenerative arthritis, right lower extremity radiculopathy, degenerative joint disease of the right hip with limited flexion, degenerative joint disease of the left hip with limited flexion, De Quervain's tendonitis of the right wrist, gastroesophageal reflux disease, bacterial vaginosis, painful scar, residual of a low transverse abdominal C-section, degenerative arthritis of the left hip with thigh impairment, intermittent, external hemorrhoids, low transverse abdominal C-section scar, seborrheic keratosis, acne of the back and face, herpes simplex II, degenerative joint disease of the right hip with thigh impairment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 28, 2021
- Citation
- 21066054
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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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- Dismissed
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