The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for financial assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to her loss of use of one lower extremity.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have the loss, or loss of use, of both lower extremities as required by VA regulations for this benefit.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar disorder with psychotic features and polysubstance abuse, polycystic ovarian disease with amenorrhea, post-operative hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, chronic lumbar back strain with degenerative disc disease and degenerative arthritis, post-operative metatarsal cuneiform joint of the left foot with degenerative joint disease and Achilles calcific tendonitis, scar of right dorsal foot, scar of left dorsal foot, post-operative metatarsal cuneiform joint of the right foot with degenerative joint disease and Achilles calcific tendonitis, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2011
- Citation
- 1113419
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