The appellant does not have loss of use of her right leg, and therefore, she is not eligible for a certificate of eligibility for financial assistance in the purchase an automobile or other adaptive equipment or conveyance.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the appellant has limited use of her right leg due to service-connected disability but does not meet the criteria for loss of use as defined by VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity weakness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0124695
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