The Veteran's spouse requires regular aid and attendance due to health conditions including fibromyalgia, lumbosacral strain, COPD, and anxiety disorder. The Board granted the claim for aid and attendance special monthly compensation (SMC) for care of the Veteran’s spouse.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran's spouse required regular aid and assistance due to her health conditions including fibromyalgia, lumbosacral strain, COPD, and anxiety disorder, which made it necessary for the Veteran to provide care.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia, lumbosacral strain, COPD, anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19186537
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.
What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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