The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's stroke-related conditions but granted special monthly compensation based on the need of aid and attendance and financial assistance for specially adapted housing.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for higher ratings, but her service-connected residuals of a stroke resulted in a loss of use of an affected lower extremity so severe that it precluded locomotion without assistive devices, warranting special monthly compensation based on the need of aid and attendance.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of stroke with right upper extremity impairment, Residuals of stroke, left lower extremity impairment, Bladder incontinence, Speech impairment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25009136
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 709 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the service-connected residuals of a stroke based on memory loss and speech impairment from July 31, 2017 to December 1, 2021.
- Granted
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