The Veteran's earlier effective date for special monthly compensation (m) is granted from March 15, 2011 to March 8, 2012. The Board also grants an earlier effective date prior to June 18, 2014, for entitlement to special monthly compensation (p)(m1/2).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's knee and back conditions were severe enough that they caused him to fall and required a wheelchair from March 15, 2011.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of lower extremities, knee pain, lower back pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- September 12, 2024
- Citation
- A24055920
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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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