The Veteran's claim for a special home adaptation grant is denied as he does not meet the eligibility criteria based on his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has multiple service-connected conditions, but none of them qualify him for the special home adaptation grant due to anatomical loss or use of both hands, blindness in both eyes with 5/200 visual acuity or less, 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 contracture(s) with limitation of motion of one or more extremities or the trunk, or residuals of an inhalation injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left leg tibia/fibula fractures with hypoesthesia and an above-the-knee amputation, depressive disorder, thoracic outlet syndrome of the right upper extremity, chronic tendonitis of the right ankle, residuals of left hip fracture with left leg hypoesthesia, thoracic outlet syndrome of the left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- November 16, 2015
- Citation
- 1548072
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