The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation based on a statutory housebound basis due to his service-connected psychiatric disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability alone rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, meeting the criteria for TDIU and SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114 (s).
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder, headaches, chronic lumbar strain, right upper extremity (40%), degenerative disc disease, left upper extremity (30%), chronic tendinosis acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis, lumbar radiculopathy in the sciatic nerve of the left lower extremity, lumbar radiculopathy in the sciatic nerve of the right lower extremity, lumbar radiculopathy in the femoral nerve of the left lower extremity, lumbar radiculopathy in the femoral nerve of the right lower extremity, pseudofolliculitis barbae (10%), gastroenteritis (10%), right shoulder scars, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2024
- Citation
- 24032146
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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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