The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for either automobile and adaptive equipment or specially adapted housing assistance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have any service-connected disabilities that would qualify him for these benefits based on his current disability ratings and the specific requirements for each benefit.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with related depressive symptoms, Chronic low back pain with scoliosis and degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, Status-post right radial nerve injury (dominant extremity), Bilateral high frequency hearing loss, Diabetes mellitus, type II, Peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity associated with diabetes mellitus, type II, Right knee chondromalacia with osteoarthritis, Left knee chondromalacia with osteoarthritis, Right ankle traumatic arthritis, Tinnitus, Left ankle traumatic arthritis, Peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity associated with diabetes mellitus, type II, Residuals of right humerus fracture (dominant extremity), Residuals of left elbow injury (non-dominant extremity), Residuals of fracture to right little finger metacarpal (dominant extremity), Defective visual acuity, History of kidney stones, Erectile dysfunction associated with diabetes mellitus, type II, Renal dysfunction associated with diabetes mellitus, type II
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1019642
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for depressive disorder as secondary to hypertension and tinnitus, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an increased rating for hypertension.
- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to in-service noise exposure.
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