Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for special monthly compensation at a higher rate and an earlier effective date for service connection for traumatic brain injury with depressive disorder to include alcohol use disorder, mild early remission.
The deciding factor: There was no legal basis which would allow for an effective date any earlier than June 21, 2023, for the grant of service connection for TBI with depressive disorder to include alcohol use disorder. The Veteran is already in receipt of SMC at the highest rate available.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury with depressive disorder to include alcohol use disorder, mild early remission
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25096749
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