GrantedPACT Act
The Veteran is granted an effective date of August 10, 2022 for the award of special monthly compensation (SMC) at a higher-level for aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the scope of the claim for service connection for hypertension encompassed the issue of entitlement to a higher level of aid and attendance, and the Veteran's spinal stroke was caused by his service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, spinal stroke
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088793
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