The veteran's unauthorized medical services provided at Manatee Memorial Hospital were denied reimbursement as they did not meet the criteria for payment or reimbursement under VA regulations.
The deciding factor: The treatment was not rendered for a service-connected disability and no emergency condition existed that would have necessitated immediate medical attention.
- Claimed conditions
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2008
- Citation
- 0827409
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to missing personnel records and unverified stressors, as well as the need for new examinations to determine service connection for acquired psychiatric disability and PID.
- Granted
The Veteran's pelvic inflammatory disease is manifested by severe symptoms not controlled by continuous treatment, warranting a 30% disability rating.
- Granted
The Veteran's PID and PTSD were found to be incurred during active military service.
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