The Veteran's claim for SMC (o) and need for regular aid and attendance was granted. The Veteran has been in receipt of the correct payment for his combined disability rating since August 2005.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected disabilities required care or assistance on a regular basis, meeting the criteria for the need for regular aid and attendance under 38 C.F.R. § 3.352(a).
- Claimed conditions
- low back strain, hypertension with renal insufficiency, sarcoidosis, dysthymia and dementia, pigmentary retinopathy and anterior uveitis, varicose veins of the right and left lower extremity, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, anemia, Baker’s cyst of the right knee, right herniorrhaphy, appendectomy scar, vascular headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 10, 2018
- Citation
- 18125531
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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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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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