The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person due to her service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran requires assistance with bathing, medication management, and preparing meals due to her service-connected disabilities, meeting the criteria for SMC under 38 C.F.R. § 3.351(c)(2).
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus, residuals of low back injury with degenerative joint disease, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity affecting the sciatic and femoral nerves, gastritis, urinary incontinence, hypertrophy of the uterus with menorrhagia, abnormal uterine and vaginal bleeding, left hip strain, female sexual arousal disorder, chronic anemia, scars of the lower abdomen, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2025
- Citation
- 25004474
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,676 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to unclear evidence regarding the diagnosis of gastritis and its relation to service. The Veteran needs to provide records, and a VA examiner will review his medical history and determine if gastritis is related to his military service or any other conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, along with alcohol use disorder, has been granted a 100% evaluation effective from April 8, 2021. The disability causes total occupational and social impairment.
- Denied
The Board denied the Appellant's requests for earlier effective dates for his service connection for bilateral pes planus and gynecomastia scar residuals, finding that the earliest possible effective dates are the dates of receipt of the claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that remand is needed for the Veteran's claims due to duty to assist errors, including clarification of periods of service and obtaining relevant records. The Veteran will be afforded new medical examinations for each claimed disability.
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