The Veteran's claims for an effective date of July 4, 2018 for a 100 percent rating for bipolar I disorder with cannabis use disorder and SMC based on housebound status have been granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran met the criteria for a 100% disability rating for his service-connected bipolar I disorder with cannabis use disorder as of July 4, 2018, and was factually ascertainable that an increase in disability had occurred within the one-year period prior to October 23, 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- Bipolar I Disorder, Cannabis Use Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 15, 2024
- Citation
- 24007934
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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.
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