The Board denied the Veteran's claims for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at non-VA facilities from February 27, 2007 to March 2, 2007 and on March 15, 2007 and March 16, 2007 due to lack of enrollment in the VA health care system and failure to meet other criteria for reimbursement.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was not enrolled in the VA healthcare system at the time of the treatment and did not meet all the requirements under the Veterans Millennium Healthcare and Benefits Act (38 U.S.C.A. § 1725) or the Emergency Treatment and Evaluation Services (ET&ES) provisions (38 C.F.R. § 17.1000-17.1008).
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0936214
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