The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to his inability to use braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair as a normal mode of locomotion.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have a loss or loss of use of both lower extremities such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair; he does not have blindness in both eyes with only light perception; and he does not have the loss or loss of use of one lower extremity together with residuals of organic disease or injury that so affect the functions of balance or propulsion as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical spine degenerative joint disease status post fusion, Migraines, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease status post fusion, Benign prostatic hypertrophy, Left and right lower extremity radiculopathy, Right radial nerve paresthesias and carpal tunnel syndrome, Right knee degenerative joint disease, Right acromioclavicular joint degenerative joint disease, Left hip degenerative joint disease, Tinnitus, Scar status post right foot ganglion cyst removal, Scar status post lumbar fusion, Scar status post umbilical hernia repair, Scar right shoulder status post rotator cuff repair/excision of basal cell carcinoma, Scars status post squamous cell carcinoma removal/cervical fusion/thyroidectomy, Status post thyroid removal, Right hip degenerative joint disease, Left knee strain, Temporomandibular joint dysfunction, Bilateral hearing loss, Gastroesophageal reflux disease, Erectile Dysfunction, Rosacea of the nose and cheeks, Right foot plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2013
- Citation
- 1318079
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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