The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a special home adaptation grant as they do not result in anatomical loss or use of both hands, blindness in both eyes, deep partial thickness burns, full thickness or subdermal burns, or residuals of an inhalation injury.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not qualify under the criteria for a special home adaptation grant as they do not meet the anatomical loss or use of both hands, blindness in both eyes, deep partial thickness burns, full thickness or subdermal burns, or residuals of an inhalation injury.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of bilateral lower extremities, PTSD with bipolar disorder, gunshot wound to the right knee, multilevel degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, migraines, traumatic arthritis of the right knee, diabetes mellitus, arthritis of the right hip, arthritis of the left hip, gunshot wound to left thigh, lumbar radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, lumbar radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, degenerative arthritis of the left knee, painful scar, fragment wound of the lower lip, right knee gunshot scar, left thigh gunshot scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2026
- Citation
- A26015629
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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).
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