The Board has determined that the appellant meets the criteria for financial assistance in the purchase of an automobile and adaptive equipment or adaptive equipment only due to permanent impairment of vision in both eyes resulting from service-connected glaucoma.
The deciding factor: The appellant's visual acuity in his better eye (right) was found to be 20/200 with corrective glasses, meeting the criteria for financial assistance under 38 C.F.R. § 3.808(a).
- Claimed conditions
- glaucoma with light perception only (left eye), traumatic arthritis of the cervical spine, traumatic arthritis (left knee), low back strain, varicose veins (right leg), tinea pedis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 29, 2008
- Citation
- 0817554
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