The Veteran's service-connected disabilities result in the loss of use of both lower extremities, affecting balance and propulsion. The Board finds that he is eligible for specially adapted housing but not for special home adaptation grants due to his existing eligibility for SAH.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities cause significant functional impairment, precluding locomotion without assistive devices.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee chondromalacia, degenerative disc disease of the spine with bilateral for minimal encroachment with radiculopathy to the bilateral lower extremities, tinea pedis, left ankle strain, bilateral flat feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22065963
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