The Veteran's clothing allowance for gentamicin sulfate cream in 2015 is granted due to the medication causing irreparable damage to her outer garments.
The deciding factor: The Veteran used gentamicin sulfate cream prescribed for her service-connected chronic renal disease, which caused irreparable damage to her clothes.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic renal disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19188500
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