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 assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2001
- Citation
- 0118929
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- 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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands all service connection claims for additional development, including obtaining a TERA memorandum and new medical opinions.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities, including right and left wrist, hand, hip, ankle, elbow, respiratory, chest pain, hypotension, and throat conditions. However, the Board granted service connection for a respiratory disability, diagnosed as dyspnea.
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