The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not result in permanent and total disability due to loss or use of both lower extremities, blindness in both eyes with only light perception plus the anatomical loss or use of one lower extremity, or other conditions that preclude locomotion without aids. Therefore, his claim for specially adaptive housing has been denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability rating due to loss of use of both legs/feet, blindness in both eyes with only light perception plus the anatomical loss or use of one leg, or other conditions that preclude locomotion without aids.
- Claimed conditions
- low back condition, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, a painful right shin scar, lumbar incisional scar, healed right shin scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2018
- Citation
- 1814213
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