The Veteran's claim for SMC based on loss of use of the lower extremities and bowel/bladder dysfunction was granted with an effective date of March 10, 2000.
The deciding factor: The RO determined that the Veteran had new and material evidence to reopen his claims and assigned a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of lower extremities, bowel and bladder dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1029818
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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.
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