The Board granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI), as new evidence showed that without such aid, the Veteran would require institutional care.
The deciding factor: The January 2022 private medical opinion was found most probative in determining that the Veteran would require institutional care absent regular aid and attendance for his TBI residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25011354
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,199 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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