Granted
The veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to May 10, 2023 and special monthly compensation (SMC) for being housebound from March 1, 2020 to May 9, 2023.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation prior to May 10, 2023.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, left hip ankylosis, right hip ankylosis, residuals of a gunshot wound to the right thigh and healed fracture of the right femur, total ankle arthroplasty, osteoarthropathy of the right hip, degenerative arthritis of the left hip with limited extension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25004991
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