MINATARE - A United States Military Veteran in the Nebraska Panhandle got a new-look landscape Saturday for his future home at Lake Minatare. 

“Homes for our Troops” is building Army Staff Sergeant Timothy Kramer and his family a new specially adapted home. His house is the organization's first in Nebraska. Kramer's new home will help him be independent again with automatic doorways, wide open spaces, and pull down shelving.

Kramer was serving his second deployment in Iraq when his unit encountered enemy fire and his vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device.

“It launched me about 70 feet from the truck," Kramer told News Channel Nebraska in February.

He woke up in a medic tent with a traumatic brain injury. He stayed through the rest of his deployment. However, when Kramer returned to the United States in 2009, he experienced a stroke, resulting in the loss of use in his left hand and foot, hearing loss, seizures, and headaches.

Kramer spent months in rehab and physical therapy. He uses a roller chair to get around his house, but it's a struggle to fit the chair in hallways and doors in his current home. 

“I'm constantly banging into doors," Kramer said. "I can’t even fit into my two girl's rooms with the chair, so it's a struggle.”

Home built by "Homes for our Troops" take an average of six to nine months to build. It's expected Kramer will receive his keys to the home in the near future.