The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to assess the severity of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and determine if they meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or special home adaptation grant eligibility.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the current severity and functional limitations caused by the Veteran's service-connected conditions, particularly in relation to their impact on locomotion and use of extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- residual impairment of memory and depression due to head injury, right lower extremity partial paralysis, left ankle ankylosis, right upper extremity partial paralysis, bilateral ankle injury, bilateral foot injury, right lower extremity deep vein thrombosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2023
- Citation
- 23064261
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Denied
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