The Veteran is granted an effective date of May 13, 2019, for the award of special monthly compensation (SMC) and a certificate of eligibility for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the criteria for SMC based on the housebound criteria have been met for the period from May 13, 2019, due to the Veteran's service-connected conditions rendering him housebound or having one condition rated totally (100 percent) disabling and additional disability ratable at 60 percent disabling.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus, type II (diabetes), Diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, Diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, Ischemic heart disease/coronary artery disease status post PCI/stent placement, Peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity femoral nerve, Peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity femoral nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25088015
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