The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his left total knee arthroplasty and lower extremity radiculopathy, resulted in effective loss of use of one or both feet. The Board granted eligibility for financial assistance in the purchase of an automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, combined with significant nonservice-connected conditions including a stroke and critical illness polyneuropathy, led to effective loss of use of his feet.
- Claimed conditions
- left total knee arthroplasty, anterolisthesis, L4 on L5, degenerative basis, sciatic radiculopathy of the left and right lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- November 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19185693
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied increased ratings for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy, but remanded claims for higher ratings of the knee arthroplasties, hip bursitis, lumbar spine disability, and TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to an initial rating higher than 30 percent for a left total knee arthroplasty due to a duty to assist error regarding outstanding private medical records.
- Denied
The appeal for an initial compensable rating for left total knee arthroplasty prior to April 8, 2019, and in excess of 30 percent from June 1, 2020, was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for an increased rating in excess of 20 percent prior to February 11, 2016, in excess of 40 percent from April 1, 2017 to June 27, 2019, and in excess of 60 percent thereafter for left total knee arthroplasty is remanded.
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