The Veteran is granted a TDIU from November 22, 2006 to November 1, 2016 and SMC at the (l) rate based on the need for aid and attendance due to service-connected anxiety disorder/cognitive disorder from November 1, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluded gainful employment for which his education and occupational experience might have otherwise qualified him from November 22, 2006 to November 1, 2016. Additionally, the Veteran requires aid and attendance due to a separate and distinct disability, namely, service-connected anxiety disorder/cognitive disorder, from November 1, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- homonomous hemianopsia, anxiety disorder/cognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25013668
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