Granted
The Board granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance from October 2019 until the Veteran's death in April 2024.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was found to be so helpless that he needed the regular aid and attendance of another person as a result of his service-connected disabilities, specifically old ununited fractures transverse process of first lumbar vertebra and left lower extremity radiculopathy involving the sciatic nerve.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- 25013888
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