The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant as they do not result in loss of use of extremities, blindness in both eyes, full thickness or subdermal burns, or an inhalation injury.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet any of the specific criteria outlined in the regulations for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), headaches, right upper extremity and right lower extremity weakness and spasticity secondary to left frontal arteriovenous malformation status-post surgery, bilateral visual field defects secondary to arteriovenous malformation, tinnitus, surgical scars of scalp, urticaria, left hearing loss, hyposmia, hypogeusia, rhinitis, dermatophytosis of the toes, bilateral foot, acne of back/arms
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2024
- Citation
- A24042541
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to incomplete medical records and need for further examination.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, arthritis, and memory loss. The decision found no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service connected. The issues of foot disability and cardiovascular disorder are remanded for additional development.
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