The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance of another person due to his service-connected schizoaffective disorder with explosive disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychiatric disability necessitates regular assistance in keeping himself clean and presentable, protecting himself from harm, and performing activities of daily living. His symptoms include memory loss, difficulty understanding complex commands, impaired judgment, gross impairment in thought processes or communication, inability to establish and maintain relationships, and difficulty adapting to stressful circumstances.
- Claimed conditions
- schizoaffective disorder with explosive disorder, bilateral dermatophytosis of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 17, 2019
- Citation
- A19003629
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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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