The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or special home adaptation grants due to her physical fitness and active lifestyle, despite needing accommodations for her neurological condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have a permanent and total disability that precludes locomotion without aids or loss of use of both upper extremities as required by applicable regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Frontotemporal Dementia, Aphasia associated with PTSD with FTD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2026
- Citation
- A26034397
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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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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claims for PTSD, TBI, and frontotemporal dementia as secondary to PTSD and TBI have been granted. The Board found that the evidence supports a direct service connection for these conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Denied
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