The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to his ability to walk and use assistive devices.
The deciding factor: The veteran has no loss of use of both lower extremities, which is required for eligibility under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- amputation of the left arm below insertion of the deltoid (just above the elbow), post-traumatic stress disorder with dysthymic disorder, right carpal tunnel syndrome, biceps tendonitis and degenerative joint disease of the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 10, 2002
- Citation
- 0206081
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for tonic-clonic seizures or grand mal epilepsy, left and right carpal tunnel syndrome, back/spinal cord injury, and major depression due to pre-decisional errors in the duty to assist.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left carpal tunnel syndrome, right carpal tunnel syndrome, left shoulder disability, and right shoulder disability.
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