The Veteran is granted an extraschedular total disability rating due to individual unemployability from September 24, 2010 to January 26, 2011 and special monthly compensation at the housebound rate from January 26, 2011 to February 29, 2012.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation during the relevant periods.
- Claimed conditions
- mood disorder, left lateral meniscus tear, left knee degenerative joint disease with limitation of extension, hemorrhoids, post operative
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25039637
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hemorrhoids due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring an additional direct medical opinion.
- Granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for hemorrhoids, which fully satisfies the Veteran's appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder, mood disorder, and unspecified depressive disorder due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for vertigo, incontinence, and GERD due to the lack of evidence supporting current diagnoses. The claims for hematuria and hemorrhoids were remanded for further development.
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