The veteran's claim for SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance is being remanded due to the need for further development of her service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: Further examination is required to assess the current state of the veteran's disabilities and their impact on her ability to require regular aid and attendance.
- Claimed conditions
- multiple service-connected disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2005
- Citation
- 0517515
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
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- Granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, as his multiple service-connected conditions make him unable to obtain and maintain regular substantially gainful employment.
- Granted
The Veteran's multiple service-connected disabilities, with at least one rated at 40 percent or more and sufficient additional disability to bring the combined rating to 70 percent or more, meet the criteria for a TDIU. The Board has granted this claim.
- Denied
The veteran's apportionment of benefits was denied as the evidence did not meet the criteria for an increased apportionment due to financial hardship.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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