The Veteran is granted eligibility for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing due to his service-connected disabilities, including diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities. The appeal seeking a special home adaptation grant is dismissed as moot because he is also eligible for specially adapted housing. He is also granted eligibility for financial assistance in purchasing an automobile or other conveyance and necessary adaptive equipment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected diabetic peripheral neuropathy results in effective permanent loss of use of both feet, meeting the criteria for specially adapted housing and financial assistance in purchasing a vehicle.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19112019
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- Granted
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