The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaption grant due to lack of loss of use of limbs, blindness, or inhalation injury.,The Veteran was not found in need of regular aid and attendance based on his service-connected disabilities as he had dementia which is not service connected.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaption grant due to lack of loss of use of limbs, blindness, or inhalation injury. The need for regular aid and attendance was found to be due to dementia which is not service connected.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, prostate cancer, left shoulder trauma with degenerative changes, arthritis of the left knee, arthritis of the right knee, limitation of extension of the left knee, right ankle pain, scarring of the scalp, a painful chest scar, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20029298
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