Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the taxpayer qualifies as a person with a disability for purposes of the disability-related deduction.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The taxpayer is to be treated as disabled within the meaning of the tax provision; severe hearing impairment is not merely a minor deficiency offset easily by a hearing aid.
Extrahierte Begründung
The lower court wrongly treated the case as a simple hearing weakness. The evidence showed lasting and substantial hearing impairment affecting several everyday activities; a hearing aid only partially improved hearing and did not eliminate the disability.