The Board has granted entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, which leave him in need of regular assistance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including posttraumatic stress disorder, lumbar spine conditions, and knee and ankle strains, significantly impair his ability to perform daily activities such as toileting, bathing, and hygiene needs. The VA examiner found that the Veteran requires aid and attendance due to these limitations.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder, status post lumbar laminectomy, discectomy, and fusion, radiculopathy, right lower extremity (sciatic), radiculopathy, left lower extremity (sciatic), right wrist fracture, right knee strain, left knee strain, left ankle sprain, right ankle sprain, trochanteric pain syndrome, extension of the thigh right hip, trochanteric pain syndrome, extension of the thigh left hip, 5th finger, left hand, osteoarthritis with flexion and posttraumatic changes, scar, back, trochanteric pain syndrome, flexion of the thigh left hip, trochanteric pain syndrome, flexion of the thigh right hip, trochanteric pain syndrome, thigh, impairment of the thigh left hip, trochanteric pain syndrome, impairment of the thigh right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 21, 2024
- Citation
- 24008635
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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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