The Veteran's service-connected PTSD alone is found to prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, and he is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the statutory housebound criteria.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the Veteran's service-connected PTSD alone would render him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment, and as such, a TDIU rating is warranted. Additionally, SMC at the housebound rate is granted due to the combined disability ratings of 100 percent for PTSD and more than 60 percent from other disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, Prostate Cancer, Lumbar Spine, Left Knee Disability, Right Knee Disability, Right Ankle Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 26, 2025
- Citation
- 25004130
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