The Board has determined that the Veteran's medical expenses incurred at Saint Francis Hospital from May 3, 2008 to May 7, 2008 were for a continued medical emergency and thus eligible for reimbursement under VA policy.

The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred at Wuesthoff Memorial Hospital from January 20, 1994 to January 30, 1994 was denied because the VA determined that he could have been safely transferred to a VA facility on January 20, 2004.

The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Northside Hospital from August 30, 2006 to September 1, 2006 are now eligible for payment or reimbursement due to the presence of a serious threat to life or health that rendered immediate emergency care necessary.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for reimbursement of unauthorized private medical expenses incurred during hospitalization from February 15 to 17, 2006 at O.H. Hospital because the treatment was not for a continued medical emergency and did not meet the criteria for payment or reimbursement under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1725.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.