The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to his limited use of his left upper extremity and right hand, despite having some loss of use in his left lower extremity.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not result in 'loss of use' as defined by VA regulations, specifically for the left upper extremity or both hands/hands.
- Claimed conditions
- Impairment of the left lower extremity, Impairment of the left upper extremity, Lumbosacral strain, Hypertension, Prostatitis, Bilateral defective hearing, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- August 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0021626
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