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VA Form 10-8678 Printable, Fillable in PDF – Application for Annual Clothing Allowance (VA Form 10-8678) is a form that is used to apply for a clothing allowance. A clothing allowance is a one-time or annual payment given to veterans who are using a prescription prosthetic or orthopedic device or who are taking a recommended skin medicine that is causing their garments to fray or deteriorates. Application for clothing allowance is only allowed when the veteran has submitted an application for and been awarded disability compensation.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued the most recent version of the form on June 1, 2015, making all earlier iterations outdated. The form is available online. A fillable version of the VA Form 10-8678 is available for download at the link below.
To be considered eligible for more than one clothing allowance, the veteran must have worn or torn more than one kind of item of clothing, or their medicines must have irrevocably damaged more than one type of article of clothing for the veteran to be deemed eligible.
Things such as shirts, blouses, slacks, skirts, shorts, and other similar items that have been permanently harmed by appliances or skin medicines are eligible for a clothing allowance. Shoes, caps, scarves, undergarments, socks, and other similar articles of clothing are not included.
Among the items that are known to cause clothing damage are crutches, wrist braces, prosthesis, rigid orthotics, ankle or foot orthoses (AFO) with hooks, rigid AFO, manual wheelchairs without clothing guards, specialized wheelchairs with sliding board or sliding transfer functionalities, as well as wheelchairs with positioning and posturing adaptations. Other items that are known to cause clothing damage include service dogs, colostomy or ileostomy bags, and cervical braces.
Skin medication is a cream, salve, ointment, lotion, or semisolid medicine that is intended to treat, prevent, heal, protect, and relieve the symptoms of a skin ailment. It may be applied topically or topically applied topically. If the drug causes irreversible stains, discoloration, bleeding, and damage to clothes that cannot be repaired by laundry or dry cleaning, the veteran may be eligible for a clothing allowance claim.
Detailed Instructions For Completing VA Form 10-8678
- Item 1: Please provide the veteran’s complete legal name.
- The veteran’s social security number should be entered in the second field.
- Specify the veteran’s complete postal address, including the ZIP code, in Item 3. If the address has changed after the previous VA appeal, the box in Item 3 should be ticked; otherwise, the box should be left unchecked.
- Items 4 and 4a: Please include the veteran’s daytime and nighttime phone numbers in the appropriate fields. Enter their email address in the fourth item.
- Item 5. Indicate the calendar year in which the application was submitted; and,
- Item 6: At the bottom of the form, sign and date it.
The next page of the form has a table on which you may enter information regarding the veteran’s condition and the therapy they are getting. In the case of a veteran who uses various appliances or skin treatments, the combination of these products leads them to change outer clothing more often than if they just used one:
- Item 7 is for describing the types of equipment or the names of drugs that are being used.
- List any service-connected limitations that need the use of the stated equipment or topical treatment in Item 8.
- MMYYYY format is required for item 9, which specifies the date the device or skin medicine was prescribed.
- It is necessary to indicate the name and location of the VA institution that provided the equipment or skin medicine in Item 10.
- Item 11 is for the area that has been affected.
- The two leftmost columns of the table, as well as Items 12-16, are reserved only for VA employees. These items contain information concerning the number of clothing allowances received, the date of the inspection or assessment, and the name and signature of the VA official who approved the form, as well as the date on which the form was authorized.
The veteran must sign and date the completed VA Form 10-8678 when it has been completed.
What Address Should VA Form 10-8678 Be Sent To?
The completed VA Form 10-8678 should be sent to the Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service at the closest VA medical facility after being signed by the applicant. If you want to submit the form in person, you may do so or send it. It is possible to find the location of the closest VA medical facility by going to the VA website.
The paperwork must be submitted by the veteran before the first of August of the benefit year for which he or she is seeking. The veteran would get money the following year if his or her claim is lodged after August 1. If the application is granted, the veteran will receive compensation between September 1 and October 31, depending on when the application was submitted.