The Board finds the medical evidence of record is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities are manifested by the loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet. As a result, the claim for certification of eligibility for automotive and adaptive equipment is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence includes a February 2002 report indicating subtle polyneuropathy believed to have been related to the Veteran's experiences as a prisoner-of-war and a diagnosis of gait disturbance, etiology most likely multifactorial. A May 2003 EMG study were also suggestive of a superimposed peripheral polyneuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, residuals of cold injury to the left lower extremity, residuals of cold injury to the right lower extremity, left shoulder condition with mild degenerative arthritis and osteoporosis, residuals of cold injury to the left upper extremity, residuals of cold injury to the right upper extremity, sinusitis, posttraumatic stress disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, tinea cruris
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1023822
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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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