The veteran's loss of use of the lower extremities is not due to a service-connected disability, and he does not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or special home adaptations grants.
The deciding factor: The veteran's loss of use of the lower extremities is attributed to his psychiatric disorder (conversion reaction) rather than a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Loss of use of lower extremities, Psychiatric disorder (conversion reaction), Degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0009469
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine, effective February 2, 2020.
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