The Veteran is granted a certificate of eligibility for financial assistance in acquiring a special home adaptation grant due to his service-connected inhalation injury, but denied for specially adapted housing grants as he does not meet the criteria.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's chronic heart failure is found to be an inhalation injury due to exposure to burn pits while serving in Southwest Asia, meeting the criteria for a special home adaptation grant.
- Claimed conditions
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, full thickness or subdermal burns that have resulted in contractures with limitation of motion of two or more extremities or of at least one extremity and the trunk, loss or loss of use of any of his extremities such that locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair is precluded
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2020
- Citation
- A20018107
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for a bladder/bowel control disability and testicular disability as they were already granted. The claim for exposure to burn pits and toxic equipment fires was denied, while other claims were remanded for further consideration.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for financial assistance for specially adapted housing and special home adaptation because her disabilities do not meet the criteria for eligibility.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
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