Loss Of Use Question

[StreetWalker]

I've got fairly bad radiculopathy in my lower left leg due to lumbar issues. It's to the point where I can't balance on my left foot. Would that be considered loss of use?

[broncovet]

My reccomendation: Ask your doctor, and then apply. (Or, you can check your medical records, it may already be documented there).

[jbasser]

2) Foot and hand. (i) Loss of use of a hand or a foot will be held to exist when no effective function remains other than that which would be equally well served by an amputation stump at the site of election below elbow or knee with use of a suitable prosthetic appliance. The determination will be made on the basis of the actual remaining function, whether the acts of grasping, manipulation, etc., in the case of the hand, or of balance, propulsion, etc., in the case of the foot, could be accomplished equally well by an amputation stump with prosthesis; for example: