The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to cognitive decline and memory loss, which are determined to be residuals of a service-connected traumatic brain injury.
The deciding factor: The evidence persuades the Board that the Veteran's cognitive decline and memory loss are due to his service-connected TBI and that he is so helpless as to need regular aid and attendance.
- Claimed conditions
- cognitive decline, memory loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 3, 2024
- Citation
- A24063348
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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- Dismissed
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