The Board denied the veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized private medical expenses incurred from October 28, 2002 to October 31, 2002 because the treatment was not related to a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA determined that the veteran's treatment at St. Lukes Hospital was not for a service-connected condition or related to morphine withdrawal.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive disorder, not otherwise specified, Anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2004
- Citation
- 0424234
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Granted
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