The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for financial assistance in the purchase of an automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment, as his conditions do not include loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet, hands, or vision, nor does he have ankylosis of the knees or hips.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities are not manifested by loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet, loss or permanent loss of use of one or both hands, or permanent impairment of vision of both eyes with central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye. Additionally, there is no ankylosis of the knees or hips.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease with congestive heart failure, depression with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bilateral blindness with cataracts and diabetic retinopathy, left eye macular degeneration, chondromalacia of the right knee with arthritis, residuals of right shoulder dislocation, diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 21, 2005
- Citation
- 0525863
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