The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the legal requirements for an automobile allowance and/or adaptive equipment (to include a cellular phone) due to his multiple sclerosis, resulting in diplopia, weakness and sensory changes of the extremities, and bilateral cataracts. The disability does not result in permanent loss of use of one or both feet, hands, or hips, nor does it meet the legal requirements for central visual acuity with corrective glasses being 20/200 or less in the better eye.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the legal requirements for an automobile allowance and/or adaptive equipment (to include a cellular phone) due to his multiple sclerosis, resulting in diplopia, weakness and sensory changes of the extremities, and bilateral cataracts. The disability does not result in permanent loss of use of one or both feet, hands, or hips, nor does it meet the legal requirements for central visual acuity with corrective glasses being 20/200 or less in the better eye.
- Claimed conditions
- diplopia, weakness and sensory changes of the right upper extremity, sensory changes of the left lower extremity, sensory changes of the right lower extremity, residuals of a hemorrhoidectomy, bilateral cataracts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2002
- Citation
- 0202945
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