Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for TDIU and SMC based on housebound criteria, finding no legal basis to assign any earlier dates.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not continuously pursue the March 2021 rating decision that established service connection for a psychiatric disability, and there was no pending claim for TDIU prior to June 2, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25101592
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