The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a certificate of eligibility for financial assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities permanently cause the loss of use of both lower extremities such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Knee Disabilities, Intervertebral Disc Syndrome of the Lumbar Spine, Bilateral Hip Disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2009
- Citation
- 0907273
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
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