Denied

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of special monthly compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s).

The deciding factor: The Veteran did not meet the criteria for SMC as he was not in receipt of a single disability rated as 100 percent disabling with an additional disability or disabilities independently rated as 60 percent disabling, nor did his service-connected disabilities render him unable to leave the immediate premises of his home prior to March 25, 2019.

Claimed conditions: Not specified in this decision
How they argued it: Not specified
Exposure basis: None
Rating assigned: None in this decision
Decision date: December 9, 2025
Citation: A25105991

Veterans Law Judge

YVETTE R. WHITE

Decisions by this judge: 1,820 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)

Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.

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