The Board has granted an increased rate of special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to service-connected disabilities, including loss of use of lower extremities and neurogenic bladder/bowel with impaired sphincter control. The effective date remains pending as it is being remanded.
The deciding factor: The veteran's combination of service-connected conditions (loss of use of lower extremities and neurogenic bladder/bowel) met the criteria for increased special monthly compensation at a higher level based on need for regular aid and attendance.
- Claimed conditions
- Loss of use of lower extremities, Neurogenic bladder and bowel with impaired sphincter control
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0613458
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Decisions by this judge: 1,599 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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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).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to outstanding medical records and issues regarding the competency of the November 2020 VA examiner. The Veteran's claim for service connection, rating assignment, and effective date is now pending.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating of his service-connected adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood is granted from March 26, 2020. The claims for hypertension, stroke (secondary to hypertension), loss of use of upper extremities, loss of use of lower extremities, and automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment are remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have effectively precluded him from using his lower extremities without the aid of a wheelchair, meeting the criteria for specially adapted housing.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's loss of use of the lower extremities is not considered to be caused by VA fault such as carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill or error in judgment.
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