The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 5, 2011 for the grant of service connection and a 60 percent evaluation for ischemic heart disease (IHD). The Veteran also received a finding of total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to April 11, 2011. Additionally, the Board granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the statutory housebound rate.,The effective dates for TDIU and SMC were set based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and their impact on his ability to work.
The deciding factor: The earlier effective date was granted due to a clear and unmistakable error in assigning an April 11, 2011 effective date for IHD. The TDIU and SMC were granted based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and their impact on his ability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic heart disease (IHD), Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 19, 2019
- Citation
- A19003715
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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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