The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude locomotion without the aid of assistive devices, and he is granted entitlement to specially adapted housing.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has a permanent and total disability due to loss of use of both lower extremities, which precludes locomotion without regular and constant use of assistive devices.
- Claimed conditions
- Loss of use of both lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2024
- Citation
- A24064618
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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