The veteran's request for VA payment for cardiac intervention care at a private medical facility was denied as there is no legal entitlement under the provisions of the law.
The deciding factor: VA facilities are geographically accessible and capable of furnishing required medical services, making it unnecessary to seek private treatment in preference to VA facilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiac condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0613722
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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