The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for specially adapted housing, which renders moot their request for a special home adaptation grant.
The deciding factor: The criteria for specially adapted housing were met and granted as it was not established that the Veteran is entitled to specially adapted housing under another provision of law.
- Claimed conditions
- permanent and total service-connected disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1043608
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What this means for you
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