The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for SMC based on aid and attendance/housebound, finding that there was no factual evidence to support a need for regular aid and attendance prior to December 3, 2012.
The deciding factor: The earliest factually ascertainable date for the need of aid and attendance is the date of the November 2013 VA examination, which occurred after the Veteran's claim was submitted on December 3, 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenic reaction, paranoid type, loss of use of bilateral lower extremities (due to peripheral neuropathy secondary to diabetes mellitus type II), shell fragment wound right buttock, shell fragment wound, residual anterior abdominal scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19149492
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