The veteran's application for a power cover for his pick-up truck bed was denied as it does not qualify as adaptive equipment and is not medically necessary to assist him in operating his vehicle.
The deciding factor: The power cover did not make the vehicle safer or meet the applicable standards of licensure, nor was it ordinarily necessary to accommodate the veteran's disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- amputation of both upper extremities, left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2002
- Citation
- 0202901
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