The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are being remanded for further evaluation to determine if they meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that there is insufficient evidence to determine whether the Veteran’s service-connected disabilities alone result in loss of use of both lower extremities, loss of use of one lower extremity together with loss of use of one upper extremity affecting balance and propulsion, or full thickness burns resulting in contractures with limitation of motion.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), left leg below knee amputation, right foot status post shell fragment wound with scar, status post shell fragment wounds of the right forearm and elbow with limited motion of the wrist and thumb, right leg shrapnel injury with limitation of flexion of right knee, status post shell fragment wounds of the right hip and buttocks, and impairment of right hip with limitation of extension and flexion, history of osteomyelitis of both feet, scars of left thigh and knee, status post superficial shell fragment wounds
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19150458
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a 70 percent initial disability rating for PTSD effective December 2, 2021, but the claim for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent was denied. The appeal also included claims for service connection and ratings for various conditions, some of which were granted while others were remanded.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 17, 2022, for the grant of service connection for PTSD.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for headaches and increased ratings for left shoulder rotator cuff tear, right shoulder rotator cuff tear, hypertension, and left and right leg restless leg syndrome. The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for an increased rating of his service-connected PTSD during a Board hearing, and the appeal is therefore dismissed.
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