The VA denied the veteran's claim for payment of medical expenses incurred during his hospitalization at Memorial Medical Center due to lack of prior authorization and because the admission was not for a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The admission to Memorial Medical Center did not meet any of the specified circumstances under VA regulations that would allow for private care at VA expense, such as treatment of an adjudicated service-connected disability or non-service connected disabilities associated with and aggravating a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- pancreatic pseudocysts, epistaxis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0200673
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal requests for service connection and increased ratings were dismissed as they were not timely filed.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a left knee scar and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right great toe ingrown toenail, left forearm scar, pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), left shoulder disability, and epistaxis. The remaining issues were remanded.
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