The Veteran's need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities has been established, resulting in the grant of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance/housebound.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated that the Veteran requires assistance with daily activities such as bathing, preparing meals, dressing, toileting, and managing finances due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee arthritis, severe residual scars, rhabdulopathy, right lower extremity, right shoulder strain, ankylosis of glenohumeral articulations, left knee meniscal tear, osteoarthritis, ankylosis, instability, patellofemoral pain syndrome, chronic internal derangement, gait abnormality, lumbosacral sprain/strain, degenerative disc disease, mechanical back pain syndrome, foiminal stenosis, IVDS, ankylosis of thoracolumbar spine, left arthritis degenerative joint disease, rhabdulopathy, left lower extremity, erectile dysfunction, scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19178779
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Decisions by this judge: 2,341 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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