The Veteran's service-connected disabilities result in the loss of use of one lower extremity and residuals of an organic injury, which together preclude his locomotion without a walker. The Board grants eligibility for specially adapted housing but denies the special home adaptation grant due to the law.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities include loss of use of the right lower extremity and lumbar spine injuries resulting in significant functional impairment that requires him to use a walker for mobility.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of the right lower extremity, status post wide decompression, lumbar fusion, and internal fixation of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2014
- Citation
- 1430253
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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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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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