The Veteran is granted eligibility for specially adapted housing due to his service-connected left foot disability, which results in the loss of use of one lower extremity and affects balance. The appeal seeking a special home adaptation grant is dismissed as moot.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's TDIU rating satisfies the prerequisite of a permanent and total rating for purposes of receipt of Chapter 11 compensation benefits, including eligibility for financial assistance in the acquisition of specially adapted housing.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot disability, knee disability, rheumatoid arthritis (rheumatoid neuropathy)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2026
- Citation
- A26024625
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