The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance and/or housebound status due to a lack of evidence showing that his service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to care for most of his daily personal needs without regular aid and attendance, or that he was housebound.
The deciding factor: The Board found the Veteran's need for aid and attendance was primarily based on non-service connected myasthenia gravis, and his service-connected disabilities did not result in the inability to dress or undress, keep himself ordinarily clean and presentable, an inability to feed himself through loss of coordination of upper extremities or through extreme weakness, an inability to attend to the wants of nature, or physical or mental incapacity that requires care or assistance on a regular basis.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25110855
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