Granted
The Veteran is granted SMC benefits based on the loss of use of both feet and hands, as well as other conditions entitling him to additional SMC.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities resulted in a functional loss equivalent to the loss of use of his hands and feet, warranting SMC at the specified rates.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy associated with multiple sclerosis, bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy associated with multiple sclerosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25102597
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