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1. Leg at hip 2. Leg or foot due to diabetes or poor circulation 3. Limb of an individual aged 55 or older.

B. Spinal cord or nerve root lesions resulting in paraplegia or quadriplegia

C. Multiple Sclerosis

D. Muscular Dystrophy

E. Impaired renal function due to chronic renal disease

F. Chronic liver disease resulting in massive hemorrhage or requiring a shunt operation

G. Total deafness, not correctable

H. Statutory blindness, except if due to cataracts or detached retina

I. Markedly reduced vision not correctable by surgery or glasses

J. IQ of 59 or less, established after attaining age 16

K. Psychiatric impairments which have required institutionalization in a licensed mental hospital for the past two years without release that would indicate improvement

L. Age 59 and over with any condition (physical) and/or mental) listed below:

1. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

2. Anterior poliomyelitis

3. Arteriosclerosis obliterans or thromboangitis

4. Arthritis of major weight-bearing joint

5. Arthritis of one major joint in each of the upper extremities

6. Central nervous system vascular accident

7. Cerebral palsy

8. Chronic obstruction airway disease

9. Chronic venous insufficiency

10. Degenerative disease

11. Diabetes mellitus