The Board denied payment of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at a state psychiatric facility due to the veteran's preference for non-VA care over VA facilities, despite his service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran received treatment in preference to available VA facilities and was under state custody, making him ineligible for VA reimbursement.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0003161
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia on the basis other than clear and unmistakable error (CUE), finding that March 3, 2008 is the earliest possible effective date.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection of paranoid schizophrenia, finding that the evidence did not support a grant based on newly added service personnel records.
- Dismissed
The appeal concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for paranoid schizophrenia and posttraumatic stress disorder was dismissed due to the Veteran's death prior to the submission of a valid substitution request.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the previously denied claim for service connection for chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia and panic disorder, based on new evidence.
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