The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities render her in need of regular aid and attendance, which is required to protect her from hazards or dangers incident to her daily environment. As a result, the Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran requires assistance with managing medications, performing household chores, and basic hygiene needs due to her service-connected disabilities, which contribute to her difficulties in this regard.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depression, Sleep Apnea, Total Hysterectomy and Oophorectomy, Overflow Incontinence and Vesicovaginal Fistula, Fecal Incontinence Associated with Diabetes, Right Knee Replacement, Left Shoulder Condition, Right Shoulder Condition, Right Shoulder Dislocation, Diabetes Mellitus with Lower Extremity Neuralgia, IVDS of the Right Hip, Cervical Spine Condition, Bilateral Knee Conditions, Right Knee Instability, Lumbar Spine Condition, Right Foot Condition, Tinnitus, Status Post Breast Reduction Scars, Headaches, Status Post Tonsillectomy, Left Hip Condition, Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, Scar of the Right Lower Extremity, Right Thigh Varicosities, Noncompensable Rating for Left Foot Condition, Orbital Fracture, Vertigo, Allergic Rhinitis, Hypertension, Bilateral Thigh Condition, Endometriosis, Lower Abdominal Scars, Abdominal Scar from Assault Wound, Right Foot Scar and Right Knee Scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22016770
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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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