The Veteran's total and permanent disability rating due to service-connected disabilities, including his chronic cardiac disability affecting balance or propulsion, meets the criteria for a certificate of eligibility for financial assistance in the purchase of specially adapted housing.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has been rated as totally and permanently disabled due to service-connected disabilities effective since November 2002, with loss of use of at least one lower extremity due to his chronic cardiac disability affecting balance or propulsion.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart disability (status post myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass graft), Degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, Peripheral arteriosclerosis of both lower extremities, Degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, Atrial fibrillation, Status post left popliteal space varicose vein ligation, Varicose veins of the right lower extremity, Right shoulder myositis with degenerative changes, Asbestosis, Noncompensably rated disabilities of hemorrhoidectomy and excision of fissure in ano, Status post trunk lipoma, Hypertension, Cerebrovascular arteriosclerosis, Traumatic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 2, 2015
- Citation
- 1514322
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What this means for you
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