The veteran was granted an annual clothing allowance for the year 2006 due to the staining of his outer garments caused by a physician-prescribed ointment used to treat his service-connected chloracne.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the prescribed ointment causes staining to the veteran's clothing, and resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran, the criteria for entitlement to an annual clothing allowance were met.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0904400
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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