The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities. The issue of entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound status is dismissed as moot.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's physical incapacity requires care or assistance on a regular basis to protect him from the hazards or dangers incident to his daily environment, specifically due to his service-connected spinocerebellar ataxia and associated ambulation issues.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right elbow fracture, spinocerebellar ataxia of the right and left lower extremities, lumbar degenerative disc disease, scoliosis, degenerative arthritis, intervertebral disc syndrome, radiculopathies of the sciatic and femoral nerves
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2020
- Citation
- A20018132
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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