Partly granted
The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 100 percent for lung cancer but granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance, effective December 7, 2022.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him so helpless as to require regular aid and attendance from another person beginning December 7, 2022, but there was no legal basis for a higher initial rating for lung cancer given the maximum schedular rating had been assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- lung cancer, hepatitis C, cirrhosis of the liver, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104479
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