The Board has granted the veteran's claim, allowing expenses of $480 for travel mileage and motel to be counted as unreimbursed medical expenses for calendar year 2001 to reduce his countable income for VA pension purposes.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran had legitimate reasons for traveling a significant distance (approximately 2,000 miles) to see a doctor who had previously performed right eye cataract surgery in 1995, and approved the motel expenses as necessary for his health and safety during this trip.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2004
- Citation
- 0400349
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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