The Veteran's service-connected disabilities require the assistance of another person in meeting his daily needs such as dressing, preparing meals, and medication management. The Veteran is granted SMC by reason of the need for regular aid and attendance of another person but denied spousal aid and attendance compensation.
The deciding factor: The evidence established a factual need for aid and attendance due to service-connected disabilities that significantly affected the Veteran's ability to care for himself, requiring assistance with daily activities such as dressing, preparing meals, bathing, medication management, and walking household distances.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate cancer, Coronary artery disease, Diabetes, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- December 7, 2020
- Citation
- A20017982
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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