The Veteran's claim for SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance has been granted. The issue of an effective date prior to January 13, 2015, for the assignment of a combined rating of 100 percent is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requires assistance due to his service-connected disabilities in maintaining balance, attending to personal hygiene needs, and changing dressings on his right big toe. These conditions necessitate regular aid and attendance.
- Claimed conditions
- status-post below knee amputation of the left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities, diabetes mellitus, type II with erectile dysfunction, diabetic peripheral vascular disease of the bilateral lower extremities, status-post open wound and diabetic foot ulcer with scar right big toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19125782
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment prior to May 23, 2024.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for myasthenia gravis as secondary to peripheral neuropathy and earlier effective dates for diabetes mellitus type II, peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities. The claims for initial ratings were denied or remanded.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed motions to revise on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) a July 2021 decision regarding earlier effective dates for service connection for various diabetic conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date than November 7, 2014, for the grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II with erectile dysfunction and diabetic peripheral neuropathy in each lower extremity based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a September 2009 rating decision.
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