Snelling v. South Dakota Department of Social Services

GILBERTSON, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1.] Kyla Snelling (Kyla) appeals the circuit court’s decision and order affirming the Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) determination that Kyla was not eligible for services under a federally funded Medicaid waiver program for in-home/community-based services for the mentally retarded. 1 Kyla also appeals the circuit court’s decision affirming the ALJ’s denial of reimbursement for a functional evaluation. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] Kyla is a sixteen-year-old young woman with Spinal Atrophy Type II, a degenerative muscular disease. 2 Unable to walk or stand, she uses an…