The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to care for himself and requires the regular aid and attendance of another person, resulting in a grant of SMC based on need for regular aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (including posttraumatic stress disorder, left hip ankylosis, flexion contracture of the left knee, lumbar degenerative disc disease, cervical degenerative disc disease, etc.) render him unable to perform activities of daily living without assistance.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder, left hip ankylosis status post fracture of femur/acetabulum, flexion contracture of the left knee, lumbar degenerative disc disease, cervical degenerative disc disease, left upper extremity radiculopathy associated with cervical degenerative disc disease, residuals of left hip fracture dislocation, residuals of left ulnar styloid fracture, right lower extremity radiculopathy associated with lumbar degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2017
- Citation
- 1757169
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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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