The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for eligibility for automobile and adaptive equipment or adaptive equipment only due to lack of loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet, hands, vision, or ankylosis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have a loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet or hands, nor does he have the permanent impairment of vision of both eyes or ankylosis of one or both knees or hips required for eligibility under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, degenerative changes of the cervical spine, degenerative changes of the right shoulder, total right knee replacement due to degenerative changes, degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, degenerative changes of the left knee, degenerative changes of the left shoulder, tinnitus, degenerative changes of the right hip, degenerative changes of the left hip, intermittent numbness and neuralgia of the left parietal occipital scalp, degenerative changes of the hands wrists and elbows, intertarsal joint osteoarthritis of each foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 17, 2012
- Citation
- 1243163
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- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was noted upon entry into active duty service and did not increase in severity during service. Therefore, it denied his claim for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to incomplete medical records and need for further examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, arthritis, and memory loss. The decision found no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
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