The Board finds that the veteran's claim for reimbursement or payment of unauthorized chiropractic treatment is denied as there was no prior VA authorization and the treatment was not provided in a medical emergency.
The deciding factor: VA reimbursement or payment of unauthorized care is only warranted under specific circumstances, including when services are rendered to a veteran with service-connected disabilities. In this case, the non-VA chiropractic care did not meet these criteria as it was not authorized by VA and there was no evidence of a medical emergency.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, diabetic neuropathy to the right, major, median nerve, diabetic neuropathy to the left, minor, median nerve, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic neuropathy to the right peroneal nerve, diabetic neuropathy to the left peroneal nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0533729
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