The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered her unable to self-care for some daily personal needs and to protect herself from the hazards of daily life without the assistance of another person, warranting SMC based on the need for A&A.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows the Veteran requires regular aid and attendance due to memory problems, physical limitations, and service-connected disabilities that affect her ability to perform ADLs independently.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, status post right hip total arthroplasty, neurogenic bladder, obstructive sleep apnea, fibromyalgia, bowel impairment, left hip avascular necrosis (extension), bilateral hip and groin scars as a residual of surgeries, left hip avascular necrosis (impairment), surgical scar, right upper thigh, left hip avascular necrosis (flexion), hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 21, 2021
- Citation
- A21020303
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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.
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