The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred on September 11, 2005 was timely filed and the VAMC must now decide if he satisfies all criteria for payment under VA regulations.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim was received within 90 days after being notified that a third party (Medicare) had denied payment.
- Claimed conditions
- nonservice-connected condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2008
- Citation
- 0820843
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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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