The veteran's claim for reimbursement or payment of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at a non-VA facility from June 6 to June 11, 1995 is denied as the treatment did not involve an adjudicated service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's private hospital treatment in June 1995 did not meet the eligibility requirements for VA reimbursement or payment due to lack of a service-connected disability and no medical emergency existed that would have made prior authorization from VA impractical.
- Claimed conditions
- syncope, complete heart block
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0212294
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a headache disorder and remanded the claims for syncope, tinea pedis, and nail dystrophy.
- Dismissed
The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for service connection for multiple conditions, and the Board does not have jurisdiction to review the appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left knee degenerative arthritis, right knee degenerative arthritis, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The claim for syncope was also granted. However, the claim for hypertensive heart disease was denied.
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