The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have worsened, and he requires a wheelchair to move around. The Board has ordered a VA examination to determine if his conditions meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or special home adaptation grant.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected disabilities require him to use a wheelchair as a normal mode of locomotion due to their severity.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy of the left and right lower extremities, residuals of a left finger injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2020
- Citation
- 20023297
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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
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Denied
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