The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for Guillian-Barre Syndrome and for specially adapted housing or special home adaptation grant. The decision found that there was no evidence linking the current GBS to his in-service fracture of the left tibia and fibula, and concluded that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a certificate of eligibility for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a connection between the Veteran's service-connected condition and his current GBS or inability to obtain a certificate of eligibility for specially adapted housing due to lack of permanent total disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Guillian-Barre Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2009
- Citation
- 0933478
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- Remanded (sent back)
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