The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) beginning March 26, 2007, and special monthly compensation at the housebound rate beginning November 7, 2022.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss has rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation since prior to the effective date for service connection. Additionally, he meets the criteria for SMC based on statutory housebound status due to his single 100% service-connected disability and additional disabilities independently ratable at 60% or more.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25011019
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