The Veteran seeks a certificate of eligibility for specially adaptive housing due to his service-connected disabilities. The Board has determined that an examination is required to determine whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone are so severe as to result in the functional equivalent of loss of use of both lower extremities necessitating the regular and constant use of a wheelchair, braces, crutches or canes as a normal mode of locomotion.
The deciding factor: The Board found that an examination is required to determine whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone are so severe as to result in the functional equivalent of loss of use of both lower extremities necessitating the regular and constant use of a wheelchair, braces, crutches or canes as a normal mode of locomotion.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes cavus, hammertoes, degenerative joint disease, left ankle swelling
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2012
- Citation
- 1243992
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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