The Veteran has been granted entitlement to specially adapted housing due to permanent and total service-connected disabilities that result in the loss of use of both lower extremities. The claim for a special home adaptation grant is denied as it is rendered moot by the grant of specially adapted housing.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined disability evaluation is 100%, with multiple service-connected conditions resulting in permanent and total service-connected disabilities that necessitate the use of assistive equipment for ambulation, qualifying him for specially adapted housing. The claim for a special home adaptation grant is moot as he already qualifies for the more substantial benefit of specially adapted housing.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative joint disease, right knee degenerative joint disease, prostatitis, right shoulder degenerative joint disease, left knee arthritis, left hip degenerative joint disease, left shoulder degenerative joint disease, left elbow degenerative joint disease, right elbow degenerative joint disease, rhabdomyosarcoma (not service-connected), radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 5, 2014
- Citation
- 1439608
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The appeal to sever service connection for right shoulder degenerative joint disease is dismissed.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for right knee degenerative joint disease, including secondary to a service-connected left knee disability, is granted. The condition was not related to military service and no aggravation by the service-connected left knee disability could be established.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for left shoulder degenerative joint disease with glenohumeral joint instability was denied as his disability did not more nearly approximate limitation of motion to 25 degrees from the side.
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