The Veteran's claim for special monthly pension based on housebound status is denied because he does not have a single disability rated at 100% and additional disabilities rated at 60% or more, nor is he permanently housebound.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has chronic liver disease rated at 50%, which is less than 100%. He also has a noncompensable post-incision basal cell carcinoma. The evidence does not show that the Veteran is permanently housebound due to his disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic liver disease, Post-incision basal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 6, 2022
- Citation
- 22000793
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