The Veteran's service-connected disabilities require regular aid and attendance, which grants entitlement to special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance. The issue of entitlement to special monthly compensation at a housebound rate is moot due to the grant of aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requires regular aid and attendance due to her service-connected disabilities, including pain, weakness, and memory changes that necessitate assistance with daily activities.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with radicular symptoms, degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, right upper extremity radiculopathy, degenerative joint disease and bursitis of the right hip, right foot bunionectomy, left foot bunionectomy, residuals of right wrist fracture, right ankle fracture, irritable bowel syndrome, hysterectomy, status post right wrist fracture, status post hysterectomy, depression, total left hip replacement, migraine headaches, bronchiectasis, impairment of the thighs (left and right), patellofemoral syndrome of the left and right knees, left hip residual painful scar, right foot scar, left foot scar, eczema, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 7, 2026
- Citation
- A26031706
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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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