The Board has granted the veteran's claim for special monthly pension benefits due to the need for regular aid and attendance, considering his various disabilities that require assistance from another person.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the veteran's physical disability requiring care or assistance on a regular basis to protect him from hazards or dangers incident to his daily environment.
- Claimed conditions
- nonservice-connected disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2002
- Citation
- 0203082
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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 has determined that the Veteran's achievement of a vocational goal in the field of photography is not reasonably feasible due to his service-connected and nonservice-connected disabilities, which prevent him from successfully pursuing employment as a photographer.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him in need of regular aid and attendance, which is granted for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development and failure to provide proper notice of a scheduled VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is granted non-service-connected disability pension benefits from April 24, 2009 to April 30, 2010. The case is remanded for further development regarding continuing entitlement for calendar years 2010 to the present.
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