The Veteran is granted specially adapted housing due to multiple service-connected disabilities, including the loss or use of the left lower extremity and residuals of organic disease/injury affecting balance and propulsion. The issue of a special home adaptation grant is dismissed as moot.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions result in functional loss of use of one lower extremity together with residuals of organic disease/injury affecting balance and propulsion, qualifying for specially adapted housing benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with left side facial paresthesia, Coronary artery disease with bypass graft (CAD), Diabetes mellitus type 2, Residual weakness from CVA and diabetic neuropathy of the left lower extremity, Peripheral vascular disease of the left lower extremity associated with CAD, Benign prostatic hypertrophy with urinary frequency, Swallowing difficulty, Left upper extremity residual of CVA with carpal tunnel syndrome, Gout, Carpal tunnel syndrome of the right upper extremity associated with diabetes mellitus, Diabetic neuropathy of the right lower extremity associated with diabetes mellitus, Degenerative arthritis of the right knee, Degenerative arthritis of the right ankle, Degenerative arthritis of the left knee, Spondylosis of the cervical spine, Blurred vision diagnosed as monocular diplopia of the right eye, Tinnitus, Expressive dysphagia associated with residual weakness from CVA and diabetic neuropathy of the left lower extremity, Nasal surgery, Erectile dysfunction associated with diabetes mellitus, Bilateral hearing loss, Hernia associated with CAD, Left medial knee scar, Median sternotomy scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1731795
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