The veteran's claim for financial assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing or special home adaptations was denied as he does not meet the regulatory criteria due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The veteran's remaining service-connected conditions do not warrant entitlement to this claimed benefit, and there is no specified service-connected disability that would qualify him for financial assistance in acquiring special home adaptations.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound of the left leg, post traumatic stress disorder, shell fragment wound residuals of the right leg, donor site scar, right thigh, donor site scar, left thigh, stasis dermatitis, left below knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 4, 2002
- Citation
- 0211261
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