Refreshing partially spent items (e.g., armor)

[apvzante]

Partially spent items (e.g., plate mail with three shields used) aren't refreshed by a long rest or the use of a sun or moon earring in either the board game or the digital game. Candidly, when playing the board game we just assumed partially spent items would be refreshed, and were surprised when it didn't happen during the digital game. I'd argue it makes no logical sense to exclude partially spent items from being refreshed whenever spent items are. If I have enough "time" during a long rest or when using a sun or moon earring to repair five shields on a fully spent set of plate mail, why can't I repair three shields on that same plate mail when it's only partially spent? The net effect is to reduce the value of the higher level armor since it is less likely to be fully spent between long rests. I'd suggest correcting this rule in both the digital and board game. Thanks!