The veteran's unauthorized private hospital care on August 14, 1999 was denied as the VA medical facilities were feasibly available at that time.
The deciding factor: VA medical facilities were feasibly available when the veteran received unauthorized private hospital care on August 14, 1999.
- Claimed conditions
- hyperkalemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2001
- Citation
- 0113213
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- Granted
The Veteran's cause of death was hyperkalemia, hemolytic anemia, and autoimmune hemolytic anemia. His Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia substantially contributed to his death.,Service connection for tremors is granted with an effective date of April 11, 2012.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for cause of death to obtain a new medical opinion due to errors in previous examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for several conditions, including diabetes mellitus type II, heart disability, kidney disease with acute renal failure, hyperkalemia, prostate cancer, and blood clot in the left arm. The decision was based on a need to obtain private treatment records.
- Partly granted
Service connection for hyperkalemia is denied. All other issues are remanded for further evaluation.
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