The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized emergency treatment was denied because the claim was not filed within 90 days after the ambulance transportation and discharge from the facility.
The deciding factor: The claim was denied due to a lack of timely filing within the required 90-day period.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart palpitations
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2009
- Citation
- 0918166
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's non-VA emergency room treatment for heart palpitations and atrial fibrillation on June 20, 2012, is granted as it met the criteria for payment under the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's TDIU claim is dismissed as he does not have any service-connected disabilities. The Board has also remanded the issues of service connection for hypertension, heart palpitations, alcohol abuse (claimed as necrotizing pancreatitis), and an acquired psychiatric disability to obtain additional records.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for tension headaches, heart palpitations, and sleep apnea due to additional evidence not previously considered by the RO. The claims are also being readjudicated in light of a new VA examination for his heart condition.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and heart palpitations is granted, with an effective date of August 22, 2014.
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