The Veteran's seizure disability and traumatic brain injury were granted service connection, with effective dates of August 31, 2006.
The deciding factor: The claims for service connection arose prior to the August 31, 2006 claim and were found to be reasonably encompassed by that claim due to the causal relationship between the TBI and seizures.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure disability, Traumatic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19110565
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The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of July 10, 2010, for the award of special monthly compensation based on need for regular aid and attendance due to residuals of traumatic brain injury under 38 U.S.C. 1114(t) is granted.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance due to his seizure disability was denied. The Board found that the denial in a September 2015 rating decision implicitly denied any pending inferred claim for SMC, as it related to the level of disability from his seizure disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU and SMC at the housebound rate are granted as of August 8, 2020 due to his service-connected psychiatric disorder preventing him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
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