The Veteran's service-connected disabilities effectively resulted in the permanent loss of use of at least one foot or one hand, warranting assistance in acquiring an automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities included traumatic brain injury, right knee dislocation, and dysarthria, which functionally equated to a permanent loss of use of at least one hand. The Board found that granting the claim was warranted based on these findings.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic brain injury, Post-operative residuals, right knee dislocation, Residuals of right acetabulum fracture, Dysarthria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1023202
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Denied
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