The Board denied the Veteran's claim for automobile or adaptive equipment, or adaptive equipment only due to lack of qualifying disability as defined by VA regulations. The Veteran does not have loss of use of one or both feet due to service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for loss of use of a foot or hand, which is equivalent to amputation under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremities, deep vein thrombosis of the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20072565
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,446 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Granted
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