The veteran's claim for SMC based on housebound status is granted as of July 1, 2006. The earlier effective date request for July 29, 2004 is denied.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not meet the criteria for SMC benefits based on housebound criteria prior to May 3, 2005 due to his service-connected disabilities not combining to a single 100% rating and lack of evidence of being housebound at that time. The effective date is granted as of July 1, 2006 when the veteran's right shoulder disorder was rated as 100% disabling.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative osteoarthritis, right shoulder hemiarthroplasty, cervical spine disorder, lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease, left shoulder dislocation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 21, 2008
- Citation
- 0828401
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