The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not include the anatomical loss or loss of use of both hands, blindness in both eyes with 5/200 visual acuity, deep partial thickness burns that have resulted in contractures with limitation of motion of two or more extremities or of at least one extremity and the trunk, full thickness or subdermal burns that have resulted in contractures with limitation of motion of one or more extremities or the trunk, or residuals of an inhalation injury. Therefore, his claim for a special home adaptation grant is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for anatomical loss or use of both hands, blindness in both eyes with 5/200 visual acuity, deep partial thickness burns resulting in contractures with limitation of motion of two or more extremities or of at least one extremity and the trunk, full thickness or subdermal burns resulting in contractures with limitation of motion of one or more extremities or the trunk, or residuals of an inhalation injury.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, hearing loss, degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine, radiculitis of the upper extremities, scars on the face
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2015
- Citation
- 1523776
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