Key legal question
Whether the insured person was entitled to a severe helplessness allowance rather than a medium one.
Extracted holding
The insured person was not severely helpless because she was not regularly and significantly dependent on third-party help in all six basic activities of daily living.
Extracted reasoning
She remained able to eat largely independently with spoon and fork, partially use a knife, and drink by herself; the need to be prompted to drink and to avoid hard foods did not amount to relevant assistance in the activity of eating.