The Veteran's service-connected disabilities effectively result in the permanent loss of use of both lower extremities, precluding locomotion without the aid of a wheelchair. However, because he is eligible for assistance under 38 U.S.C.A. § 2101(a) in acquiring specially adapted housing, he cannot also receive a special home adaptation grant.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities effectively result in permanent loss of use of both lower extremities, precluding locomotion without the aid of a wheelchair, which meets eligibility criteria for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing. However, his eligibility for such assistance precludes an award of a special home adaptation grant.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Prostate cancer, Diabetes Mellitus Type II, Peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities associated with Diabetes Mellitus Type II, Residuals of a gunshot wound of the right chest, Tinnitus, Degenerative joint disease with instability of the bilateral knees, Chondromalacia of the bilateral knees with degenerative joint disease and limitation of motion, Residuals of fracture of the medial malleolus and distal fibula of the right ankle, Status post bunionectomy of the right first metatarsophalangeal joint and closing wedge osteotomy and hallux valgus of the right foot, Arthroplasty of the left great toe and hallux valgus of the left foot, Eczema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 4, 2015
- Citation
- 1533197
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