The Veteran's claims for clothing allowances related to bilateral wrist and thumb braces, bilateral knee braces, and ammonium lactate topical medication were granted. The claim for shoe inserts was denied as they do not qualify as outer garments for which a clothing allowance may be paid.
The deciding factor: The denial of the shoe insert claim is based on their non-qualifying nature and that socks and shoes are not considered outer garments eligible for a clothing allowance.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral wrist and hand disability, bilateral knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 30, 2022
- Citation
- 22018685
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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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