The Board has granted the Veteran's request for a fee basis medical identification card, as he is seeking treatment for service-connected disabilities. The issue of an earlier effective date for TDIU remains pending and will be remanded to the RO.
The deciding factor: The VA Medical Center in Grand Island was found not capable of providing necessary care due to the Veteran's distrust and disruptive behavior, thus rendering it incapable of furnishing required treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), jungle rot both lower legs, back, groin, otitis media of both ears, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, fusiform enlargement of the third finger on the left hand, gastritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1003590
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