The Veteran's combined disability rating is 100 percent, but he does not have a single disability rated at 100 percent. The Board finds that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone do not result in the need for aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are insufficient to meet the criteria for SMC based on permanent need for aid and attendance as determined by his combined rating of 100% does not include a single disability rated at 100%. The Board also found that the Veteran's service-connected conditions do not alone result in the need for aid and attendance.
- Claimed conditions
- type II diabetes mellitus, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, dialabetic nephropathy with aggravated hypertension, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, deep and superficial venous insufficiency of right lower extremity, deep and superficial venous insufficiency of left lower extremity, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, femoral nerve, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, femoral nerve, hyperthyroidism, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2024
- Citation
- A24075020
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,451 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a back disorder, high blood pressure, and type II diabetes mellitus due to errors in development of the claim.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy and denied the claims for right knee disability, erectile dysfunction, GERD, sleep apnea, and hypertension. The decision is remanded for further action on these issues.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for middle and index trigger finger/stenosing tenosynovitis of the right hand, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The earliest effective date is June 30, 2012, for the right hand condition and April 22, 2016, for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have left lower extremity radiculopathy or any related symptoms causing impairment in earning capacity during the appeal period, and therefore service connection for this condition is denied.
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