The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at a non-VA facility due to treatment on October 6, 2007 was denied because the emergency services were not provided in an emergency department and VA facilities were feasibly available.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the Veteran's condition warranted emergency treatment or that VA facilities were not feasibly available.
- Claimed conditions
- paralysis of the right ulnar nerve, residuals of mortar shell fragment, foreign body, right lateral chest wall, paralysis of the common peroneal nerve, donor site scar of the left thigh, donor site scar of the right back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2009
- Citation
- 0932513
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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: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for nervousness and a right ulnar nerve disability, finding no clear and unmistakable error in the August 1955 rating decision.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected paralysis of the right ulnar nerve rendered him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment, thus meeting the criteria for a TDIU. The cause of death claim is being remanded as additional records are needed.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected paralysis of the common peroneal nerve, complete, left leg is currently rated at 40 percent. The claim for hearing loss and eye disability (cataracts) remains unresolved.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for a TDIU is being remanded due to the inextricability of his carpal tunnel syndrome claim, which he also seeks service connection for as secondary to his right ulnar nerve disorder. The RO must adjudicate both claims together.
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