The Veteran's service-connected disabilities necessitate the need for aid and attendance of another person, resulting in a grant of special monthly compensation based on this need.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's severe service-connected conditions, including PTSD, OSA, and multiple musculoskeletal issues, require assistance with daily activities such as preparing meals and managing medication.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), migraine headaches, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), tendonitis with limitation of flexion and supination of the left and right elbow, right intercostal neuralgia, diabetes mellitus, type II, residuals of right wrist fracture, left wrist strain, right hip strain, right knee strain, vertigo, diabetic neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities, diabetic neuropathy of the left and right femoral nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 20, 2022
- Citation
- 22030047
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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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