The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have not resulted in the permanent loss or use of one or both feet, hands, vision, or ankylosis of knees or hips. Therefore, he is not entitled to financial assistance for automobile and adaptive equipment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for loss of use of a foot, loss of use of hands, permanent impairment of vision in both eyes, or ankylosis of knee or hip joints as required by VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic degenerative joint disease, degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, status post arthroplasty of the left knee, radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities, degenerative joint disease of the bilateral hips
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2011
- Citation
- 1123051
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for readjudication of the claim for service connection for radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities.
- Granted
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