The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or financial assistance in purchasing an automobile due to their severity.
The deciding factor: The clinical evidence does not show that the veteran's service-connected conditions result in 'loss of use' of a lower extremity as required by VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- post traumatic stress disorder, gunshot wound of the left buttock, dermatophytosis, shell fragment wound of the right deltoid, scar of the right temple with a retained foreign body, one-inch shortening of the left leg, scars of the scrotum and left anterior thigh, scars of the right chin, left hip, legs, epigastrium and right flank
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 24, 2000
- Citation
- 0004762
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for multiple service-connected conditions and denied service connection for several additional conditions, granting service connection for headaches.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal for service connection was dismissed due to untimely filing.
- Remanded (sent back)
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