The Veteran is granted specially adapted housing due to service-connected right thigh GSW residuals and lumbosacral strain resulting in loss of use of the right lower extremity, requiring regular and constant use of assistive devices.,The earlier effective date claim for permanent incapacity for self-support for the Veteran’s child A.D. is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities result in a loss of use of his right lower extremity, necessitating regular and constant use of assistive devices such as Canadian crutches or an electric wheelchair to prevent falls and injury.,There was no indication of any specific exposure basis for the Veteran’s conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right thigh gunshot wound (GSW) residuals, Lumbosacral strain, Post-phlebitic syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20039863
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