The Veteran's claim for a clothing allowance due to wear and tear of his clothing from bilateral knee braces is granted, subject to the law and regulations governing the payment of monetary benefits.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was wearing VA-issued bilateral knee braces that could damage his clothing through metal exposure, as evidenced by his own statement.
- Claimed conditions
- status/post total right knee arthroplasty, status/post total left knee arthroplasty with associated surgical scars, Morton's neuroma, scar of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19160557
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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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