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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19160557
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,162 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal is dismissed because the issue of service connection for Morton's neuroma has not been adjudicated by the AOJ in the first instance.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a complete record, including an evaluation of his service-connected foot disabilities and their current severity.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's bilateral lower extremity Morton's neuroma conditions are rated at the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent, and there is no evidence of associated peripheral nerve disability that would warrant a higher rating.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's right foot pes planus with chronic pain is rated at 10 percent, and the Board has denied an increased rating as his symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
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