The Veteran meets the requirements for a certificate of eligibility for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing due to permanent and total service-connected disability, including loss of use of one lower extremity and loss of use of one upper extremity.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's condition was stable following an in-service injury and remained so. He has been shown to have limited movement of his foot and required a left foot brace and cane for balance and ambulation.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of one lower extremity, loss of use of one upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2015
- Citation
- 1520712
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for specially adapted housing is granted because he has a permanent and total disability due to loss of use of the lower extremities, requiring regular and constant use of an assistive device.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for a certificate of eligibility for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing is granted due to his service-connected disabilities. However, he is precluded from receiving a special home adaptation grant as he already qualifies for the acquisition of specially adapted housing.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the appellant's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing eligibility due to lack of evidence showing loss of use of a lower extremity or combination of conditions precluding locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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