The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at a private hospital were denied as VA facilities were feasibly available and the emergency treatment was not necessary.
The deciding factor: The emergency treatment provided by the private hospital did not meet the criteria for reimbursement under VA regulations due to lack of urgency and availability of VA facilities.
- Claimed conditions
- tinea pedis, cellulitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1005645
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The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left foot condition, right foot condition, cellulitis, right ear hearing loss, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The appeal of the proposal to reduce a 40 percent evaluation for lumbosacral strain was dismissed.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinea pedis and dismissed the claims for tinnitus, multiple sclerosis, neck condition, and low back condition.
- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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