The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation for loss of use of both feet and additional allowance for regular aid and attendance. The Veteran's erectile dysfunction does not warrant a compensable evaluation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has been granted special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to service-connected end stage renal disease, which is separate from his service-connected peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities that gave rise to entitlement under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1114(l). The erectile dysfunction does not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Loss of use of both feet, Peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities (due to service-connected diabetes mellitus)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2010
- Citation
- 1000650
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What this means for you
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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).
Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a higher level of SMC and SMC based on loss of use of the lower extremities due to duty-to-assist errors, lack of sufficient medical evidence, and inextricably intertwined issues.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran is granted an effective date of June 26, 2015 for the award of service connection and SMC based on loss of use of both feet.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's SMC was granted at the intermediate level between 38 U.S.C. § 1114(m) and (n) due to additional disabilities including peripheral neuropathies, tinnitus, hearing loss, and lymphoma.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted effective dates of February 11, 2020 for service connection of loss of use of both hands and feet as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected Parkinson's disease.
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