The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected PTSD with traumatic brain injury, and SMC at the housebound rate.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with traumatic brain injury alone rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, meeting the criteria for TDIU. His additional disabilities combined to meet or exceed the required percentage rating for SMC based on statutory housebound status.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with traumatic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 23, 2026
- Citation
- A26038127
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- Partly granted
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