The Veteran's appeal for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred in July 2006 at a private medical facility was denied as he had health coverage with Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which negated his eligibility for such reimbursement.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had health insurance from November 2000, making him ineligible for reimbursement due to lack of non-covered expenses.
- Claimed conditions
- nausea, diarrhea, substernal chest pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0927721
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