Partly granted
The Veteran is entitled to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound criteria for the period from February 1, 2013, to February 19, 2014, but not from February 20, 2014, to May 15, 2015.
The deciding factor: The service-connected psychiatric disorder alone supports a TDIU and qualifies for SMC during the first period, but the physical disorders do not meet the criteria for SMC at the housebound rate during the second period.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25012128
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