The Veteran's SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person or being housebound from December 1, 2018 to July 7, 2020 was denied as he did not meet the criteria for such benefits due to his functional limitations.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound.
- Claimed conditions
- Right total knee arthroplasty, Service-connected prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2022
- Citation
- A22023919
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Denied
The January 17, 2013 rating decision denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The Board found that while the Veteran could not return to his previous employment as a plumber, he was capable of sedentary employment and therefore had not established clear and unmistakable error in denying his TDIU claim.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal is dismissed because the July 3, 2024, Rating Decision only proposed to combine ratings for bilateral shin splints and bilateral knee disabilities. The Veteran did not properly identify issues he was appealing.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent evaluation for right knee instability prior to September 22, 2015, and a 60 percent evaluation for the residuals of a right total knee arthroplasty since November 1, 2016, but denied an increased rating for right knee internal derangement with traumatic arthritis prior to that date and entitlement to TDIU.
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