Granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to coronary artery disease with atrial fibrillation from April 10, 2012, and special monthly compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) based on housebound status from April 10, 2013.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected heart disability alone renders him unemployable, and he has other service-connected disabilities that independently rate to at least 60 percent disabling, qualifying for SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s).
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease with atrial fibrillation (heart disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- 25014651
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