The veteran's disability in the lower extremities effectively includes the loss of use of his feet, and therefore he is eligible for financial assistance in acquiring an automobile or adaptive equipment.
The deciding factor: The veteran's disability meets the criteria for eligibility under Chapter 39 of Title 38, which provides benefits for adaptive equipment based on service-connected disabilities that include loss of use of one or both feet or hands.
- Claimed conditions
- loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet, loss or permanent loss of use of one or both hands
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 18, 2005
- Citation
- 0508092
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have caused permanent loss of use in his hands and feet, as well as ankylosis in both knees. As a result, he is eligible for an automobile allowance.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not result in loss or permanent use of hands, vision impairment, severe burn injury, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ankylosis of knees or hips. Therefore, he is not eligible for financial assistance for automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities result in loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet, meeting the criteria for automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for automobile and adaptive equipment is denied because his loss of both feet was due to a motor vehicle accident, not service-connected disabilities.
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