Partly granted
The Board granted a clothing allowance for the 2023 calendar year for right and left knee braces but denied it for topical medication Vanicream.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's knee braces were found to tend to wear or tear his clothing, while the use of Vanicream was not linked to a service-connected disability causing irreparable damage to outer garments.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee brace, left knee brace, topical medication Vanicream
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25086088
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