The Veteran's knee braces, wrist splints, and shoe inserts do not qualify for an annual clothing allowance as they are considered 'softgood orthotic[s]' that do not tend to wear or tear clothing.
The deciding factor: A VA Chief of Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service determined the knee braces, wrist splints, and shoe inserts were not of a type to cause wear and thus did not qualify for an annual clothing allowance.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee braces, bilateral wrist splints, bilateral shoe inserts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19100774
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