The Veteran's claims for financial assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing and a special home adaptation grant were denied due to her failure to report for the scheduled examinations without good cause.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to attend the scheduled VA examinations, which deprived VA of necessary medical evidence to support her lay statements regarding her disabilities' impact on her ability to use assistive devices.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spondylosis, status-post lumbar surgery with scar and intervertebral disc syndrome, obstructive airway disease, chronic right hip strain, chronic bilateral knee strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2023
- Citation
- 23022005
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error and the need for clarification of the Veteran's service periods. The Veteran is diagnosed with lumbosacral strain and lumbar spondylosis, and the claim will be reconsidered based on new evidence.
- Granted
The Board has granted an effective date of August 14, 2024 for the award of a 40 percent rating for service-connected chronic compression fracture at T7 with lumbar spondylosis and thoracolumbar strain.
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