The veteran is entitled to reimbursement for unauthorized private inpatient hospital care due to a medical emergency and the unavailability of VA facilities.
The deciding factor: The decision was granted as the veteran's condition required immediate treatment, and VA facilities were not feasibly available at the time.
- Claimed conditions
- deep venous thrombosis of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2000
- Citation
- 0029740
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea. The Veteran's heart disability, hypertension, diabetes, varicose veins of the bilateral lower extremities, and deep venous thrombosis are remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding their etiology.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a right leg injury, including deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolus, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic disability during or immediately following service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's death was due to metastatic pancreatic carcinoma, which is not service-connected. Other causes of death (small bowel obstruction, deep venous thrombosis, and pneumonia) are also not service-connected.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran's current deep venous thrombosis of the right lower extremity did not begin during service, was not caused by any incident of service, and was not caused or aggravated by his service-connected right knee disability.
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