The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him so helpless as to need regular aid and attendance, including assistance with activities of daily living such as preparing meals, bathing, and dressing.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities result in limited range of motion posing a significant fall risk, requiring the regular aid and attendance of another person.
- Claimed conditions
- left total knee arthroplasty, adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features, nsaid induced gastropathy associated with history of internal derangement of the left knee, degenerative joint disease right knee associated with left total knee arthroplasty, right knee instability associated with degenerative joint disease right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- August 9, 2024
- Citation
- A24045310
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