Citation Nr: 18144316
Decision Date: 10/25/18	Archive Date: 10/24/18

DOCKET NO. 15-01 721A
DATE:	October 25, 2018
REMANDED
Entitlement to special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance of another person or housebound status is remanded.
REASONS FOR REMAND
The Veteran served on active duty in the United States Army from January 1992 to May 2009. These matters come before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) on appeal from a February 2014 rating decision.
1. Entitlement to special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance of another person or housebound status is remanded.
The record indicates that the Veteran has applied for Social Security disability compensation due to her service-connected conditions.  These records are reasonably relevant to the Veteran’s claim and should be obtained on remand.  Golz v. Shinseki, 590 F.3d 1317, 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2010).  
The matter is REMANDED for the following action:
1. Contact the Social Security Administration and obtain copies of any disability determinations, including the underlying medical records upon which the determinations were made.  Copies of all records received must be associated with the Veteran’s claims file. All efforts to procure these records must be documented in the claims file.
 
M. H. HAWLEY
Veterans Law Judge
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD	W. Ripplinger, Associate Counsel