The Board finds that the Veteran is in need of personal care services for a minimum of six continuous months due to an inability to complete ADLs such as bathing, dressing himself, and toileting.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrates that the Veteran requires assistance from his Family Caregiver Applicant when completing these tasks as a result of his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy with loss of use of both feet, mechanical low back pain with degenerative disc disease and spinal stenosis, upper extremity radiculopathy, cervical spinal degenerative arthritis and disc disease, fecal and bladder incontinence
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25108093
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Decisions by this judge: 1,446 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's appeal of his right ear hearing loss claim is dismissed. His claims for tinnitus, pseudofolliculitis barbae, and several other conditions are granted. The remaining claims are remanded.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claim for service connection for lumbar spine disability as moot because it was already granted in a separate appeal. The upper extremity radiculopathy claim is being remanded due to a duty to assist error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error and the need for additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's employability.
- Denied
The Board denied the motion to revise a December 2019 rating decision that failed to grant service connection for upper extremity radiculopathy based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
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