The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for eligibility for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant, as he does not have permanent and total disability due to anatomical loss of use of both hands, burn injuries, blindness in both eyes with limited visual acuity, or inhalational injury.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the specific criteria outlined in the regulations for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure status post myocardial infarction, bypass grafting and stent placement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19166139
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for coronary artery disease to correct duty to assist errors, as there are no adequate medical opinions of record.
- Partly granted
The appeal was granted for the severance of service connection for hypertension and entitlement to service connection for a heart disability (claimed as cardiomyopathy) associated with hypertension. The claim for an initial compensable rating for hypertension was remanded.
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