The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his lower back disability and associated radiculopathy, result in loss of use of the lower extremities. The Board grants financial assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing due to this condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly his lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease and related radiculopathy, preclude locomotion without the constant aid of a cane or walker.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, dysthymic disorder, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left knee disability, left elbow disability, left hand disability, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, sinusitis, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- November 22, 2022
- Citation
- A22023690
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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.
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