The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for an automobile grant and/or adaptive equipment allowance or special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance (A&A).
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected conditions, while disabling, do not result in loss of use of one or both feet or hands, nor does he require regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound residuals, muscle group XVII, left, traumatic arthritis, lumbar spine, traumatic arthritis, right knee, pulmonary tuberculosis, minimal, arrested
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 16, 2005
- Citation
- 0530778
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