The Veteran's claim for an annual clothing allowance is being remanded due to the need for a certification from the Under Secretary for Health or designee regarding whether the use of Pramosone, prescribed for his service-connected dermatographism, causes irreparable damage to his outer garments.
The deciding factor: The decision requires further review by the Under Secretary for Health or designee to determine if the Veteran's medication causes irreparable damage to his clothing.
- Claimed conditions
- Dermatographism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2013
- Citation
- 1326700
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
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Related decisions
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- Granted
The Veteran's skin condition, dermatographism with cutaneous pruritis, was found to cover at least 40 percent of his total body area prior to October 12, 2020. A 60% rating is granted for this period.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing and following any substantially gainful employment prior to January 6, 2016.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected dermatographia has been manifested by recurrent episodes occurring four or more times a year and has responded to treatment with antihistamines; the Board granted an increased rating of 10 percent for his skin disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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