Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to administrative action, and the claims for clothing allowances related to lidocaine 4% topical cream and menthol M-salicylate topical cream were denied as there is no legal basis for entitlement.
The deciding factor: There is no legal basis for a clothing allowance for topical medications unless prescribed for a skin condition due to service-connected disability, which was not the case here.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088379
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