The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have resulted in the need for regular aid and attendance, granting special monthly compensation.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a factual need for aid and attendance based on the inability to dress or undress herself, keep clean and presentable, and attend to the wants of nature due to physical limitations and cognitive declines.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, Obstructive sleep apnea with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Migraine headaches, Removal of uterus, Right wrist carpal tunnel syndrome, Left wrist carpal tunnel syndrome, Bilateral hands osteoporosis, Right knee osteoarthritis, Left knee degenerative joint disease, Removal of ovaries
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25036212
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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