The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to their impact on his upper and lower extremities, as they do not result in loss of use of both upper or lower extremities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has multiple service-connected conditions but does not have any that qualify under the specific provisions for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant based on loss of use of limbs or total disability due to organic disease/injury affecting balance and propulsion.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral plantar fasciitis, degenerative arthritis of the spine with lumbosacral strain, irritable bowel syndrome with gastroesophageal reflux disease, headaches, cervical degenerative joint disc disease, intervertebral disc syndrome, major depressive disorder, cervical radiculopathy, right upper extremity, cervical radiculopathy, left upper extremity, hypertension, bilateral hearing loss, sinusitis, tinnitus, radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity, radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, right lower extremity, radiculopathy of the anterior crural nerve, right lower extremity, radiculopathy of the anterior crural nerve, left lower extremity, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2020
- Citation
- A20015720
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