Granted
The Veteran's service-connected degenerative joint disease rendered him so helpless as to require the aid and attendance of another individual, warranting an award of special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in at least relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran required regular need of aid and attendance due to his service-connected degenerative joint disease (DJD).
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease (DJD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25104052
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