The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for eligibility for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to her inability to use assistive devices as a normal mode of locomotion.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have loss of use of both upper extremities, both lower extremities, or one lower extremity together with one upper extremity resulting from service-connected disabilities that preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea, major depressive disorder, bilateral flatfoot, thoracolumbar degenerative disc disease, minimal spondylosis and mild disc disease with cervical degenerative disc disease, right shoulder impingement, left shoulder impingement, right leg varicose veins, left leg varicose veins, dermatitis, hypothyroidism, right hip bursitis, left hip bursitis, right ankle thickening of interior talofibular ligament, left ankle tenosynovitis, fibromyalgia, open angle glaucoma, right knee osteoarthritis, left knee osteoarthritis, left toe osteoarthritis, right hammer toe, residuals of right toe fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2024
- Citation
- A24014074
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