Key legal question
Whether the appellant was entitled to a higher helplessness allowance on the basis of severe helplessness
Extracted holding
No; the claim for a severe-degree allowance was rejected because no legally relevant increase beyond the already recognized level was established.
Extracted reasoning
The visual impairment criterion for severe helplessness was accepted, but the decisive question was whether the hearing impairment amounted to complete deafness under the practice for severe helplessness. The court held that the evidence did not show the required worsening or complete deafness.