The Veteran is granted a higher level of special monthly compensation (SMC) from August 25, 2022.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the need for regular aid and attendance due to service-connected bilateral upper and lower extremity disabilities, warranting an additional allowance at the rate under subsection (r)(1) of 38 U.S.C. § 1114 based on entitlement to the rate under subsection (o) and the need for regular aid and attendance.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25047238
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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