The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have resulted in the effective loss or permanent loss of use of his right upper extremity and legs, which qualifies him for financial assistance for automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions have caused severe symptoms and functional limitations that result in a loss of use of his right upper extremity and legs.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity complex regional pain syndrome, lumbar condition, cervical condition, left upper extremity radiculopathy, left knee limitation of extension, left knee limitation of flexion, left knee instability, left hip limitation of rotation, left hip limitation of extension, right knee limitation of flexion, right knee instability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- May 21, 2024
- Citation
- A24026659
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- Granted
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for middle and index trigger finger/stenosing tenosynovitis of the right hand, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The earliest effective date is June 30, 2012, for the right hand condition and April 22, 2016, for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.
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