Granted
The Veteran was granted special monthly compensation at the 38 U.S.C. § 1114(m) rate effective February 18, 2014, and an intermediate level between (m) and (n) from April 2, 2018.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's sleep apnea and other service-connected conditions met the criteria for increased special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(p).
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2025
- Citation
- 25005981
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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