The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him so helpless as to be in need of regular aid and attendance of another person, leading to a denial of special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran was helplessly unable to perform personal functions due to his service-connected conditions alone.
- Claimed conditions
- STATUS POST VAGOTOMY AND BILLROTH II OPERATION, HEART CONDITION, SLEEP APNEA, CHRONIC HEADACHES, DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE, CERVICAL SPINE, SPLENECTOMY, OSTEOARTHRITIS, RIGHT KNEE, TENOSYNOVITIS, LEFT ARM, LOW BACK STRAIN, HYPERTENSION, DEVIATED SEPTUM, HODGKIN'S DISEASE, LIPOMA, HYPOGONADISM
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 27, 2022
- Citation
- 22060419
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