The Board has granted entitlement to SMC at the housebound rate for a single service-connected disability (CAD) rated at 60 percent since October 9, 2015.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's CAD is rated as 60% disabling and he meets the criteria for TDIU due to this condition alone. The combined rating includes additional disabilities that are separately ratable at 60%, meeting both elements of SMC eligibility (a single service-connected disability rated at 100% and additional disabilities independently ratable at 60%).
- Claimed conditions
- CAD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20067770
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that it was at least as likely as not that elevated blood pressure and hyperlipidemia noted in service were early manifestations of CAD, which contributed to his death.
- Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for the award of service connection for CAD, type II diabetes mellitus, and prostate cancer, as well as initial ratings for CAD, linear left upper chest scar, type II diabetes mellitus, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and erectile dysfunction.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a TDIU from June 8, 2020, to October 25, 2023, and also denied his claim for SMC from October 26, 2023.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU rating is granted, effective from June 18, 2010, through June 13, 2012.
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