Granted
The Board granted entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance due to the appellant's service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The appellant requires regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities, including anxiety disorder with agoraphobia and panic disorder, lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, radiculopathy of both sciatic nerves, tinnitus, and bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder with agoraphobia and panic disorder, lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, radiculopathy, right sciatic nerve, radiculopathy, left sciatic nerve, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25091227
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