The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a certificate of eligibility for financial assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to lack of permanent and total disability.
The deciding factor: The veteran does not have a combination of service-connected disabilities that qualify under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 2101(a) and 38 C.F.R. § 3.809 for specially adapted housing, nor does she meet the criteria for a special home adaptation grant.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Pes Planus, Depressed mood with somatoform disorder, Post-concussion headaches with history of migraines, Post-operative left hallux valgus and great toe metatarsalgia with fusion and reflex sympathetic dystrophy and history of small toe fracture, Retropatellar pain syndrome, right knee, Status post partial meniscectomy, left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0615658
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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