The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his shrapnel wounds and stroke-related conditions, have significantly impacted his mobility. He is seeking specially adapted housing assistance and a special home adaptation grant to accommodate these needs.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has multiple service-connected disabilities that affect his ability to move around safely, necessitating the need for specially adapted housing or a home adaptation grant.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a stroke associated with a shrapnel wound of the head, shrapnel wound of the head, blindness in left eye, hemiplegia involving right upper extremity, anterior tibial nerve paralysis with left foot drop, seizure disorder, hemiplegia involving right lower extremity, residuals of a left tibia fracture, residual shell fragment wounds in left lower extremity, residual shell fragment wounds in right lower extremity, degenerative arthritis in both hands and wrists, painful motion of the right knee due to stroke associated with shrapnel wound of the head, residual weakness in right hip due to stroke associated with shrapnel wound of the head, right foot drop due to hemiplegia involving right lower extremity, fragment wounds in left forearm and hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2010
- Citation
- 1037760
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What this means for you
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