The reduction of the rating for cancer of the larynx metastatic to the neck node from 100% to noncompensable, effective October 1, 2014, was proper.,The severance of SMC at the housebound rate, effective April 1, 2015, was proper.
The deciding factor: The reduction in rating for cancer of the larynx metastatic to the neck node from 100% to noncompensable, effective October 1, 2014, was based on the Veteran's cancer being in remission without recurrence or metastasis.,The severance of SMC at the housebound rate, effective April 1, 2015, was proper as the Veteran no longer met the statutory criteria required for entitlement to SMC at the housebound rate.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the larynx metastatic to the neck node, hypogeusia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19130853
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Decisions by this judge: 1,676 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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