The veteran's service-connected degenerative intervertebral disc disease does not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing assistance or a special home adaptation grant due to lack of loss or use of both lower extremities, blindness in both eyes with 5/200 visual acuity or less, or anatomical loss or loss of use of both hands.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected degenerative intervertebral disc disease has not resulted in the loss or use of both lower extremities, blindness in both eyes, or anatomical loss or loss of use of both hands.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative intervertebral disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2001
- Citation
- 0110739
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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