The Board has granted clothing allowances for the 2015 calendar year for hydrocortisone cream, right and left ankle braces, and right and left knee braces. Clothing allowances have been denied for custom insoles due to their effect on shoes.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's use of prescribed appliances and medication caused or tended to cause damage to his outer garments, warranting the clothing allowances.
- Claimed conditions
- dermatophytosis/pseudofolliculitis barbae, back sprain, right ankle chronic ligament strain, left ankle sprain and degenerative joint disease, bilateral pes planus with bilateral plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2018
- Citation
- 18144633
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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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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and increased ratings, granted an earlier effective date for a 10 percent rating of bilateral pes planus with bilateral plantar fasciitis, and remanded several claims including service connections for various disorders.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral pes planus with bilateral plantar fasciitis to schedule a new examination and readjudicate the case.
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