The veteran's claim for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant was denied as he does not meet the criteria for this benefit due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not meet the specific requirements for specially adapted housing, including loss of use of both lower extremities or blindness in both eyes with low visual acuity.
- Claimed conditions
- status post left hip arthroplasty, spondylolisthesis of the lumbosacral and thoracic spine with spastic myelopathy, intervertebral disc syndrome of the cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2008
- Citation
- 0836564
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