The Veteran is eligible for specially adapted housing due to his service-connected disabilities, which result in the effective loss of use of both lower extremities. The appeal seeking a special home adaptation grant is dismissed as moot.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities effectively resulted in loss of use of one or both feet, qualifying him for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 19, 2020
- Citation
- 20067648
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
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