Granted
The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound criteria effective February 12, 2017.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and additional service-connected disabilities combined to at least a 60 percent disability rating, meeting the criteria for SMC based on housebound criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088178
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