Annual Clothing Allowance Change

VA must pay an allowance to veterans who have a service-connected disability. But there are variables you should know about.

The application period is August 1 of any given year, through July 31 of the following year. An example is that you or your NSO submits an application on August 10, 2011, to the VAMC Prosthetics Department, and you would receive ACA on or about September 1, 2012. Due to the change, the payment of more than one clothing allowance to qualifying veterans will occur and be received for calendar year 2012.

The new regulation in the Federal Register regarding clothing allowance expands the eligibility criteria for veterans with multiple prosthetic and orthopedic devices or prescribed medications needed to treat skin conditions to more than one clothing allowance.

The change dictates “veterans whose service-connected disabilities require prosthetic appliances and skin medications deserve financial assistance for the extra clothing they have to purchase, and the federal appeals court has ruled that veterans may be entitled to more than one clothing allowance and the VA is adjusting their regulations to allow this.”

 

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