The Veteran is entitled to SMC at the highest level due to his need for aid and attendance, including help with daily activities such as bathing, feeding, dressing, and managing medications. His condition requires substantial care on a daily basis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's multiple medical problems, including arthritis and cervical stenosis, necessitate constant assistance in all aspects of daily living.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple Medical Problems (including arthritis in knees, shoulders, neck, low back, and hands), Cervical Stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 28, 2017
- Citation
- 1760726
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected cervical stenosis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for degenerative joint disease and cervical stenosis, finding that the Veteran's accident was due to his own misconduct. The case is remanded for further development regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's cervical spine disability results in the functional equivalent of forward flexion of the cervical spine to 15 degrees or less, particularly during flare-ups. Prior to May 4, 2012, her service-connected disabilities precluded her from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not meet the criteria for an evaluation of 10 percent or higher for his hypertension. For the other claims, the evidence does not support a finding that any of the claimed conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service.
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