The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for automobile and adaptive equipment or adaptive equipment only, as they do not result in physical loss or permanent loss of use of one or both hands or feet.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not include actual loss of feet or hands, visual impairment, burn injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ankylosis of the knees or hips.
- Claimed conditions
- right and left knee meniscectomy residuals, traumatic arthritis, knee scars, residuals of right little finger PIP joint injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2019
- Citation
- A19003743
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to a lack of VA assistance in obtaining private treatment records. The Veteran's appeal is currently before the Board on both rating periods, and efforts must be made to obtain any relevant medical records from his primary care physicians.
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