The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for special monthly compensation (SMC) by reason of the need for regular aid and attendance of another person or due to being housebound.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, while significant, do not render him so helpless as to require regular assistance of another person on a daily basis or to protect himself from hazards in his environment.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenic reaction to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), residuals of a shell fragment wound to the left thigh, residuals of a shell fragment wound to the left heel, residuals of a mouth injury with laceration to the right lip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0915640
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