The Veteran presented to the emergency room with left arm weakness on November 8, 2006. The VAMC in Tampa denied payment for services from November 10-17, 2006 due to stabilization by August 2007 and lack of feasibly available VA facility capable of accepting transfer.
The deciding factor: The VAMC was not feasibly available or capable of accepting the Veteran's transfer at any time between November 10-17, 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- left arm weakness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2009
- Citation
- 0924718
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for asthma, COPD, pancreatitis, stroke, and left arm weakness (claimed as secondary to stroke) based on the presumption of exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to service or due to in-service exposure.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for left arm weakness, bilateral upper extremity condition (claimed as bilateral CTS), and fatigue disorder, to include chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and sleep apnea, for additional development of evidence.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for most conditions but granted readjudication of the left knee condition due to new and relevant evidence.
- Partly granted
The Board restored the 30 percent rating for left arm weakness and denied increased ratings, effective dates, and service connection for other conditions.
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