The Board remands the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for SMC at the 'l' rate for aid and attendance, to include SMC at the 't' rate for aid and attendance based on residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), from February 27, 1995, due to missing treatment records.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that a remand is necessary to obtain missing treatment records which are relevant to the claim for SMC(l) benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychotic Disorder, NOS, Residuals of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25026806
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities and denied higher ratings for several service-connected conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and increased ratings, except for a granted 30 percent rating for headache disability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), and multiple musculoskeletal conditions but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted separate awards of special monthly compensation (SMC) at the (l) rate based on the need for aid and attendance due to service-connected PTSD and residuals of TBI, as well as SMC at the (o) and (r)(2) rates from November 7, 1991.
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