The Board has granted an effective date of November 4, 2010 for special monthly compensation (SMC) for aid and attendance based on the Veteran's service-connected lumbar disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted by the Veteran on November 4, 2010, suggested that he required regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected lumbar disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19195982
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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.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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