The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation based on a higher level of special aid and attendance due to his need for personal health-care services provided daily in his home by licensed professionals, necessitating nursing home care if not provided.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities require him to have personal health-care services provided daily in his home by licensed professionals, necessitating nursing home care if not provided.
- Claimed conditions
- rheumatoid arthritis, radiculopathy and paralysis of the bilateral lower extremities associated with thoracic spine degenerative joint disease, bowel incontinence associated with thoracic spine degenerative joint disease, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bladder incontinence associated with thoracic spine degenerative joint disease, migraine headaches, thoracic spine degenerative joint disease, type II diabetes mellitus, surgical scar of the lumbar spine associated with thoracic spine degenerative joint disease, seborrheic dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22045759
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including bipolar disorder and PTSD. The Veteran will be asked to provide additional medical records and undergo a VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's rheumatoid arthritis disability rating is being remanded for additional development due to significant weight loss and anemia.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and major depressive disorder, is being remanded due to the need for additional development regarding his alleged stressors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD.
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