The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not include loss or permanent use of one or both feet, hands, vision, severe burn injury, ALS, or ankylosis of one or both knees or hips. Therefore, the criteria for a grant for an automobile and adaptive equipment or adaptive equipment only have not been met.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not include loss or permanent use of one or both feet, hands, vision, severe burn injury, ALS, or ankylosis of one or both knees or hips. The primary reason for limited ambulation is unrelated peripheral neuropathy secondary to diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- Dupuytren's diathesis with recurrent palmar contractures, Dupuytren's diathesis of the right foot, Dupuytren's diathesis of the left foot, Right foot scars, Noncompensable cyst of the left palm, Noncompensable scars of the right hand, Noncompensable scars of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 16, 2016
- Citation
- 1636366
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for traumatic amputation of the right second and third toes was denied. Effective dates of August 31, 2012 were granted for service connection of right foot scars and right foot neuropathy.
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