The Veteran's urinary incontinence is rated at a 60 percent rating effective October 27, 2014. The Veteran also received an increase in SMC based on the need for aid and attendance or permanent housebound status.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s urinary incontinence resulted in the wearing of absorbent material which must be changed more than four times per day, meeting the criteria for a 60 percent rating under DC 7542. The SMC increase was denied as the Veteran had already been properly compensated with SMC (m 1/2) plus (k).
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary incontinence, Loss of use of both feet (secondary to encephalomyelitis), Incomplete paralysis of the right and left upper extremities, Oropharyngeal dysphagia with dysphonia, Encephalomyelitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20068136
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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