The Board denied the Veteran's claims for eligibility for specially adapted housing, a special home adaptation grant, and financial assistance in purchasing an automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment. The claim of CUE in the September 14, 2017, rating decision was also denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support the Veteran's claims for specially adapted housing, a special home adaptation grant, or financial assistance due to his service-connected disabilities not meeting the necessary criteria. The claim of CUE in the September 14, 2017, rating decision was also denied as there was no clear and unmistakable error.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic colon cancer, prostate cancer, PTSD with major depressive disorder and anxious distress (claimed as unspecified depressive disorder with anxiety and somatic syndrome disorder), chronic headaches, polyneuropathy of the right upper extremity, bilateral metatarsalgia with pes planus, polyneuropathy of the left upper extremity, thoracolumbar degenerative disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome, sciatic nerve radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, sciatic nerve radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, lumbar radiculopathy, femoral and saphenous nerve radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, femoral and saphenous nerve radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, bilateral cataracts, abdomen scar, tinnitus, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, non-painful scar, status-post right colectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25101918
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