The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him in need of regular aid and attendance, which is granted. He does not meet the criteria for housebound status.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requires daily help with movement, meal preparation, feeding, medication management, and cannot leave his home unassisted due to balance issues, tremors, and frequent falls.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson's Disease, mood disorder with depressive features, balance impairment associated with Parkinson's, difficulty chewing and swallowing associated with Parkinson's, right upper extremity tremor, associated with Parkinson's, stooped posture, bilaterally, associated with Parkinson's, loss of automatic movements with tardive dyskinesia, bilaterally
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- October 18, 2022
- Citation
- A22021073
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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.
What you can do next
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