The Board has determined that the veteran's need for aid and attendance arose in April 1999, and thus grants an effective date of April 1999 for his special monthly pension based on this need.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran needed regular aid and attendance due to his Huntington's chorea as early as April 1999, which was earlier than the date he initially filed his claim in July 1999.
- Claimed conditions
- Huntington's chorea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2001
- Citation
- 0118132
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for Huntington's chorea, finding that his symptoms have been attributed to a known clinical diagnosis and not related to service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The veteran's service-connected disabilities have resulted in permanent loss of use of one or both feet, meeting the criteria for an automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board of Veterans' Appeals denied the veteran's claim for service connection for Huntington's chorea.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for Huntington's chorea and hypertension with idiopathic cardiomyopathy, finding no evidence to support these conditions as being related to herbicide exposure during his military service.
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