The Veteran is entitled to a certificate of eligibility for financial assistance in the purchase of an automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment due to his service-connected disabilities that severely affect his mobility, necessitating the use of a wheelchair.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected bilateral lower extremity disabilities have resulted in severe impairment, requiring him to use a motorized wheelchair for ambulation. This condition is deemed equivalent to the loss of function of both feet as per VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury residuals of the left foot, cold injury residuals of the right foot, rhabdomyolysis of the left lower extremity, rhabdomyolysis of the right lower extremity, radiculopathy and neuropathy of the left lower extremity, radiculopathy and neuropathy of the right lower extremity, arthritis of the left foot, arthritis of the right foot, degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2014
- Citation
- 1418381
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
The appeal concerning the revisions of evaluations for various conditions and special monthly compensation has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
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