The Veteran's service-connected disabilities cause the need for regular aid and attendance of another person, which is granted based on the evidence provided.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to dress or keep himself clean without assistance, meeting the criteria for aid and attendance.
- Claimed conditions
- Thoracolumbar spine disability, Sensory radiculopathy of the left lower extremity with left foot and ankle deformity, Left lower extremity loss of use including sensory radiculopathy, Internal derangement of the left knee and probable meniscus tear, Internal derangement with degenerative joint disease of the right knee, Radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, Right and left hip limitation of adduction, Left hip limitation of extension, Right hip limitation of extension, Left hip limitation of flexion, Right hip limitation of flexion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 16, 2026
- Citation
- A26035421
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied extraschedular ratings for the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine and lower extremity radiculopathy disabilities, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to February 3, 2011.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating of his cervical spine, thoracolumbar spine, left shoulder, right shoulder, upper extremity neurological, and lower extremity neurological disabilities due to inadequate VA medical examinations in March 2019 and January-May 2016. The new examinations must consider the Veteran's reported onset dates for his symptoms.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's radiculopathy of the right lower extremity is currently rated at 70% effective from February 11, 2010.,Entitlement to an earlier effective date for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity was denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal of the claims for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability and whether proposed reductions in ratings for service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, and radiculopathy of the left lower extremities were proper. The appeals are dismissed.
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