The Veteran's service-connected disabilities result in actual loss of use of the lower extremities, thus granting eligibility for financial assistance to purchase an automobile or other conveyance.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities manifest with lower extremity pain, fatigue, and weakness, which diminish the power, endurance, and balance needed for propulsion and unassisted ambulation, resulting in actual loss of use of the lower extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, rectal prolapse, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, cervical spine degenerative arthritis with strain spinal stenosis and spondylosis, IVDS, lumbosacral degenerative arthritis, spinal stenosis and spondylosis, right upper extremity cervical radiculopathy and carpal tunnel syndrome, left upper extremity cervical radiculopathy and carpal tunnel syndrome, right hip osteoarthritis and trochanteric pain syndrome with bursitis, left hip trochanteric pain syndrome with bursitis, right wrist de quervain syndrome, left wrist de quervain syndrome, right knee strain with meniscal strain, left knee with meniscal strain, tinnitus, allergic rhinitis, hemorrhoids with pruritus ani, GERD, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, sinusitis, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25028489
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.
What you can do next
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