The veteran's claim for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant is denied as his service-connected right leg amputation does not preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show that the veteran's right leg amputation and residuals so affected the functions of balance or propulsion as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair.
- Claimed conditions
- Right below-the-knee amputation associated with diabetes mellitus, Diabetic retinopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 12, 2003
- Citation
- 0319942
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What this means for you
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