The veteran is granted special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected back disability.
The deciding factor: The veteran requires assistance with daily activities such as dressing, feeding himself, and attending to personal needs, which are directly related to his service-connected back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Herniated nucleus pulposes with degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, Hepatitis C, Hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0900390
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
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- Granted
The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another since September 30, 2020.
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