The veteran's private medical expenses from August to September 1993 were not authorized and do not meet the criteria for reimbursement or payment.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the unauthorized private medical care was related to a service-connected disability, a nonservice-connected disability associated with and aggravating an adjudicated service-connected disability, or resulted in a total disability permanent in nature due to a service-connected disability. The veteran also did not participate in a rehabilitation program.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a fracture of the right fibula
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2001
- Citation
- 0125887
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