The Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease with bilateral radiculopathy results in loss of use of both lower extremities, and the Board has granted SMC for this condition. The Veteran also meets criteria for financial assistance for automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease with bilateral radiculopathy resulted in loss of use of both lower extremities, meeting the criteria for SMC based on loss of use. The decision also granted financial assistance for automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease with bilateral radiculopathy, dysthymic disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2023
- Citation
- 23054827
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