The Board granted a clothing allowance for the 2015 calendar year for bilateral wrist braces used by the Veteran to treat his service-connected bilateral wrist carpal tunnel syndrome.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bilateral wrist braces, which tend to wear and tear his shirts due to exposed metal, were found to qualify as qualifying prosthetic or orthopedic appliances that cause irreparable damage to the Veteran’s outer garments.
- Claimed conditions
- gastric ulcer/duodenal ulcer, pancreatitis, bilateral hearing loss, right wrist carpal tunnel syndrome with median and ulnar nerve neuropathy and decompression, left wrist carpal tunnel syndrome with median and ulnar nerve neuropathy and decompression, bilateral heel bursitis with spurs, bilateral plantar fasciitis with pes planus, bilateral foot metatarsalgia, right foot hallux valgus, left foot hallux valgus, left median nerve decompression scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19161925
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