The Board denied the veteran's claim for reimbursement of unauthorized private treatment for sex offender classes, finding that none of the criteria necessary to establish entitlement to reimbursement have been met.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the veteran did not meet all the criteria under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1728 and 38 C.F.R. § 17.120, including a medical emergency of such nature that delay would be hazardous to life or health, no VA facility feasibly available for treatment, and the unauthorized private treatment was not related to his service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2002
- Citation
- 0209175
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