The Board has denied the appellant's claim for reimbursement of medical expenses for the period from January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1996 due to her failure to submit evidence within one year of the income reporting period.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not submit evidence of unreimbursed medical expenses for the period prior to 1989 or 1990 when pension benefits were terminated or disallowed.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0218287
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What this means for you
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