The veteran's service connected disabilities do not require use of braces, a wheelchair, or prescribed medications that cause irreparable harm to outer garments. Therefore, the veteran is not entitled to payment of a VA clothing allowance.
The deciding factor: The veteran does not have any service-connected disabilities requiring prosthetic or orthopedic devices or medication that damages his clothing.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), residuals of a right shoulder shell fragment wound (SFW), residuals of a SFW of the face, Frey's Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2002
- Citation
- 0213959
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