After my heart attack in early April I have brain fog and am trying to determine if I qualify for SMC-S or housebound. I'm 100% P&T for 10+ years and filed a claim for heart attack at the beginning of May. I am not medically cleared to return to work yet.
Factoring in the bilateral and singles, I calculate 96%
I also have a separate single rating of 60%
I looked up SMC-S laws and found:
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38 U.S. Code § 1114. Rates of wartime disability compensation
... (s) If the veteran has a service-connected disability rated as total, and
(1) has additional service-connected disability or disabilities independently ratable at 60 percent or more, or, (2) by reason of such veteran’s service-connected disability or disabilities, is permanently housebound, then the monthly compensation shall be $2,993.
For the purpose of this subsection, the requirement of “permanently housebound” will be considered to have been met when the veteran is substantially confined to such veteran’s house (ward or clinical areas, if institutionalized) or immediate premises due to a service-connected disability or disabilities which it is reasonably certain will remain throughout such veteran’s lifetime.
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After my heart attack in early April I have brain fog and am trying to determine if I qualify for SMC-S or housebound. I'm 100% P&T for 10+ years and filed a claim for heart attack at the beginning of May. I am not medically cleared to return to work yet.
Bilateral ratings
20%, 20%, 10%, 10% = 48%
Single ratings
40%, 30%, 30%, 30%, 20%, 10%, 10%, 10%, 10%
Factoring in the bilateral and singles, I calculate 96%
I also have a separate single rating of 60%
I looked up SMC-S laws and found:
Would I qualify?
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Richard1954
Based on what you posted you do not have one condition rated 100% alone so you would not qualify for housebound unless it was based on the actual need. If your heart condition was not service con
GeekySquid
good question and on point observation. Common Sense rarely visits the VA.
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