The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred in connection with private hospital treatment from May 15 to 19, 2000 is denied as the conditions were nonservice-connected.
The deciding factor: The veteran received care for nonservice-connected conditions and did not meet the criteria for service-connected disabilities associated with and aggravating a service-connected disability or total disability permanent in nature resulting from a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- chest discomfort, near syncope, hypotension
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2001
- Citation
- 0118929
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis for any of the claimed conditions and thus, service connection is denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
Service connection for hypothyroidism and parkinsonism is granted due to exposure to herbicides. Service connection for PAF, hypotension, and REM behavior disorder is remanded as there is no presumptive association.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The claim for entitlement to service connection for hypotension was dismissed, and the issue of entitlement to service connection for hypertensive cardiovascular disease was remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and a new opinion regarding the Veteran's cause of death.
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