The Board granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD and SMC at the housebound rate, while dismissing appeals for increased ratings for DM and CAD as withdrawn.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of PTSD more closely approximated those associated with a 100 percent rating during the appeal period, and he met the requirements for SMC statutory housebound under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) and 38 C.F.R. § 3.350(i)(1).
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Diabetes Mellitus, Coronary Artery Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 2, 2024
- Citation
- 24000085
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, as it needs a medical opinion addressing the nature and etiology of the condition prior to October 16, 2023.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another since September 30, 2020.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and a psychiatric disability due to insufficient evidence of the severity required for higher ratings.
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