Loss of use

[30percentermovingup]

Hello, it's been a while since I posted and I looked for an answer everywhere and I could not find one.

I am 50% disabled for bilateral pest planus.

The question is when I received my bilateral AFOs. They knew they made my condition better. The question I have is on loss of use bilateral feet. In 2014 when I was issued the AFOs should I not have gotten loss of use. The way I understand it is if an orthotic is the same or makes it better it's considered loss of use. In that case. If I file can I file for back pay for loss of use.

I am not a writer, nor am I a speaker. I hope that you may understand this. 

Thank you so much for not closing down. By the way. This site has helped me greatly in the past.

 

 

[Lemuel]

It is supposed to be 30% if you cannot reach the tip of your thumb to within 2 inches (I think) of the center palm line.  I can get a half an inch better than that.  Good surgeon and casting for my original injury.

Lem

[jamescripps2]

5 hours ago, broncovet said:

Good point Jamescripps.  I did not know that.  Great advice.  I heard that you were the first to get sc for AO in Conus, is that right?  That is quite an accomplishment.  

Yes Bronco, It is a well known fact that I was the very the first veteran to ever be granted agent orange exposure at a military post or base, inside the Continentntal United States. November 2009. This is a link to that very first win. If you choose to move this to a new, more,"modern thread", please feel free to do so. Before I won that case, the VA and the DoD claimed that Agent Orange had NEVER!, EVER!, been used inside CONUS. PERIOD. Well, they can never, ever, make that statement again.

 https://www.va.gov/vetapp09/files5/0941553.txt

[Lemuel]

On 2/1/2024 at 9:17 AM, Tbird said:

Not sure what is going on with the 2022 post showing up in the unread and no responses from 2022 to 2024, I’ll do some research.

Do not know what is happening.  Posted on one earlier that had never been posted on from 2016?  When did the attack on HADDIT begin?

[Tbird]

A member was opening old posts and replying to them to advertise his website, and everyone would see because the post would go to the top of the unread content. That is an abuse of our linking policy. If someone wants to advertise, they need to pay for advertising, not disrupt the community by trying to steal traffic from us. It's been dealt with.