Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for service connection and special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria, effective March 24, 2022.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided evidence of a diagnosis and positive etiology opinion one year before the date of receipt of his fully developed claim application, warranting an earlier effective date under applicable law.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity, Peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25109031
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