The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred in connection with outpatient testing conducted at Winter Park Memorial Hospital on April 2, 1997 is denied. The criteria for entitlement to payment/reimbursement under VA regulations are not met.
The deciding factor: The veteran's condition was service-connected and the testing was not rendered in a medical emergency or when Federal facilities were not feasibly available and an attempt to use them beforehand would have been reasonable, sound, wise, or practicable.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery bypass, hypertension, heart murmur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 19, 2001
- Citation
- 0116637
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