The Board denied the Veteran's claim for payment under the CHAMPVA program for custom shoe inserts provided to his spouse, finding that these devices are specifically excluded from coverage.
The deciding factor: Custom shoe inserts were found to be specifically excluded from CHAMPVA coverage due to their nature as orthopedic shoes and supportive devices for the feet.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral posterior tibial tendon dysfunction, Flat feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2024
- Citation
- 24006517
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