The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his lower extremity and neurological conditions, effectively result in the loss of use of his left lower extremity together with residuals of organic disease which so affect the functions of balance or propulsion that he is precluded from locomotion without the aid of a cane. His claim for specially adapted housing assistance is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his lower extremity and neurological conditions, effectively result in the loss of use of his left lower extremity together with residuals of organic disease which so affect the functions of balance or propulsion that he is precluded from locomotion without the aid of a cane.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a stroke, shrapnel wound of the head with skull defect, penetrating wound of the left eye with blindness, hemiplegia involving the right upper extremity, anterior tibial nerve paralysis with left foot drop, seizure disorder, hemiplegia involving the right lower extremity, residuals of a left tibia fracture, residuals of left lower extremity shell fragment wounds (SFWs), residual of right lower extremity SFWs, degenerative arthritis in both hands and wrists, right knee disability, right hip disability, right foot drop due to right lower extremity hemiplegia, fragment wounds in the left forearm and hand, lower extremity fragment wound scars, aphasia due to shrapnel wound of the head, left elbow tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 14, 2012
- Citation
- 1231757
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