Key legal question
Whether the insured person had entitlement to an IV helplessness allowance at severe grade before retirement age
Extracted holding
No. The evidence did not establish severe helplessness before retirement; help with putting on compression stockings alone did not suffice.
Extracted reasoning
Severe helplessness requires regular substantial assistance in all daily activities plus permanent care or supervision. Assistance with stockings only concerns dressing and cannot by itself meet that threshold.