The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation based on anatomical loss of breast tissue was granted, with the effective date set to August 3, 2011.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has continuously pursued her SMC claim since the July 2021 decision on appeal by filing an HLR request or supplemental claim within one year of each rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- breast condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25000326
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,062 · Granted: 34% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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