The Board has denied the veteran's claims for specially adapted housing and a special home adaptation grant due to lack of statutory eligibility, as he is not statutorily eligible for these benefits.
The deciding factor: The veteran does not meet the statutory criteria for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant under applicable VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical stenosis, degenerative disc disease with radiculopathy, diabetes mellitus, background diabetic retinopathy and clinically significant macular edema with cataracts, status post pseudoaphakia of the right eye, residual fracture of the T2 and T11 (ankylosis), diabetic neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities, impotency secondary to diabetes, left knee derangement, left wrist scar, scars of the abdomen, chest and scalp, polypectomy, pilonidal cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0304967
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What this means for you
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