The Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than August 11, 2006 for the establishment of service connection for a delusional disorder with bipolar II disorder is granted.,The Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than September 6, 2011 for SMC at the housebound rate is denied.
The deciding factor: An informal claim was received on March 29, 1996, indicating the Veteran’s intention to seek service connection for PTSD. The earliest effective date for this award of service connection is March 29, 1996.,The Veteran did not have additional service-connected disabilities independently ratable at 60 percent or more until September 6, 2011, and thus an earlier effective date for SMC at the housebound rate is denied.
- Claimed conditions
- delusional disorder, bipolar II disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19174423
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