Granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected PTSD with major depressive disorder, and an effective date of July 19, 2016, for the grant of Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) based on housebound criteria.
The deciding factor: The evidence reasonably shows that the Veteran has not been able to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to service-connected PTSD with major depressive disorder, considered alone, throughout the rating period on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with major depressive disorder, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25022033
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