The Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities was granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated that the Veteran is so helpless to be in need of regular attendance due to his service connected disabilities, as he required assistance with bathing, toileting, managing medication, and ambulating within the home.
- Claimed conditions
- status post aortic aneurysm repair associated with hypertension, congestive heart failure with coronary artery disease status post myocardial infarction with stents with sinus bradycardia, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), prostate cancer residuals, diabetes mellitus, bilateral lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, bilateral upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, surgical scars associated with aortic aneurysm repair
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25085891
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Decisions by this judge: 2,170 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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