The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have resulted in permanent and total disability that is due to the loss or loss of use of one or both lower extremities, precluding locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes or a wheelchair.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's Meniere's disease causes significant dizziness and disequilibrium leading to frequent falls, necessitating regular use of a walker or wheelchair for ambulation.
- Claimed conditions
- Meniere's disease, postoperative with defective hearing, low back strain, duodenal ulcer disease with hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2017
- Citation
- 1741560
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