The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for special monthly compensation (SMC) on the basis of the need for the regular aid and attendance of another person, or at the housebound rate.
The deciding factor: The VA examination did not find that the Veteran is in need of daily skilled services or permanently confined to his immediate premises due to service-connected disabilities alone.
- Claimed conditions
- right below-the-knee amputation, urinary bladder rupture, urethral stricture, prostate hyperplasia, and impotency, degenerative joint disease of the left shoulder, muscle damage to Group XV right and left, scalp scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1042343
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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