The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including right foot amputation and peripheral neuropathy, have resulted in loss of use of his right foot. The Board has determined that he is eligible for financial assistance to purchase an automobile and adaptive equipment due to this condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly the right foot amputation and peripheral neuropathy, have caused him to lose effective function of his right foot, qualifying him for the benefit.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder, polyneuropathy of the right upper extremity, polyneuropathy of the left upper extremity, shell fragment wound to low back and pelvis, diabetes mellitus with impotence and retinopathy, peripheral neuropathy of right lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of left lower extremity, femoral nerve peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, femoral nerve peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, right foot amputation, to include great toe, second toe and third toe associated with diabetes mellitus, scar on the abdomen, reduction of range of motion of lumbar spine due to shell fragment wounds, severe nonproliferative diabetes retinopathy with neovascular glaucoma, right foot scar, impotence, laceration of bladder wall
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2023
- Citation
- 23065382
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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.
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