The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the basic eligibility requirements for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to his inability to walk and use a cane.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions, while disabling, do not result in the loss of both lower extremities such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair; nor does he have blindness in both eyes with 5/200 visual acuity or less; nor anatomical loss or loss of use of both hands; nor full thickness or subdermal burns that have resulted in contractures with limitation of motion of two or more extremities or the trunk.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, obstructive sleep apnea, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, carpal tunnel syndrome of the left hand, radiculopathy involving the right lower extremity associated with degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, tinnitus, traumatic brain injury (TBI), hypertension, irritable bowel condition, to include diarrhea, headaches associated with TBI
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2014
- Citation
- 1418429
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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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- Whole decision: Denied
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