The veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred for a myocardial infarction at St. Joseph Hospital were not covered by VA because the treatment was not for an adjudicated service-connected disability or a nonservice-connected disability associated with and held to be aggravating an adjudicated service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The treatment received did not meet one of the three criteria required for reimbursement: it was not for an adjudicated service-connected disability, nor was it for a nonservice-connected disability associated with and holding to be aggravating an adjudicated service-connected disability; nor was the veteran totally and permanently disabled due to a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety neurosis, limitation of flexion of the right knee, malaria, anklostomiasis, hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0007626
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for earlier effective dates related to various left and right hip, knee, shoulder, and other conditions as they were freestanding claims not continuously pursued from the initial rating decisions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis and diabetic nephropathy as the evidence did not show a current disability related to active duty service.
- Granted
The Board granted an increased disability evaluation of 100 percent for service-connected malaria, finding the evidence to be in approximate equipoise as to whether the Veteran's malaria was active during the appeal period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for right knee conditions due to insufficient medical evidence.
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