The Board denied the veteran's request for reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred in April 1998 due to a right hip fracture, finding that service connection had never been established for the condition and that the care was not related to any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: Service connection has never been established for the right hip condition, and there is no evidence linking the unauthorized medical expenses to a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip fracture
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0206187
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What this means for you
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