The Veteran's service-connected bilateral lower extremity diabetic neuropathy does not result in permanent loss or use of one or both feet, so he is ineligible for financial assistance for an automobile or adaptive equipment.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of permanent loss or use of the Veteran’s feet due to his service-connected bilateral lower extremity diabetic neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity diabetic neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2020
- Citation
- A20015320
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