The Veteran's claim for SMC based on aid and attendance is granted as of April 16, 2020 due to his service-connected delusional disorder.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion established that the Veteran was in need of regular aid and attendance of another person due to his service-connected delusional disorder since January 1997.
- Claimed conditions
- Delusional Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 13, 2026
- Citation
- A26023098
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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