Granted
The Board granted the Veteran's claim for an allowance for an automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran due to his service-connected disabilities that have resulted in the effective loss or permanent loss of use in both lower extremities.
The deciding factor: Resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor, the evidence established that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities had resulted in the effective loss or permanent loss of use in both lower extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- catatonia with major depressive disorder with psychotic features, bilateral hyperpronation (flat feet), bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic and femoral nerves, degenerative disc disease with spinal stenosis, tachycardia, bilateral foot hammer toes, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098221
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