The Board denied the veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Richland Memorial Hospital from February 14 to February 20, 1997. The decision found that the treatment was not related to a service-connected disability and that the veteran did not have any pending claims of service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the unauthorized medical expenses were not for an adjudicated service-connected disability or associated with aggravating a service-connected disability, nor did the veteran have a service-connected disability rated totally disabling and permanent in nature. The claim was denied as there was no entitlement to the benefit under law.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2003
- Citation
- 0328732
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What this means for you
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