The Board finds that the veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his right knee disability and peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, result in such loss of feeling, strength, and coordination of the right lower extremity that they are equivalent to permanent loss of use of the right foot. As a result, the veteran is entitled to specially adapted automobile or adaptive equipment.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his right knee disability and peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, resulted in significant impairment of function, necessitating an adaptation for driving due to loss of feeling and strength in the right foot.
- Claimed conditions
- Charcot joint in the right knee, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- December 6, 2001
- Citation
- 0127046
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