The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Munroe Regional Medical Center from January 22, 2007 to January 26, 2007 were not reimbursable due to lack of pre-authorization and the Veteran's Medicare coverage.
The deciding factor: VA regulations do not allow for payment or reimbursement of private medical expenses when a Veteran has other health coverage such as Medicare that can provide at least partial payment or reimbursement.
- Claimed conditions
- Delirium tremors, Right carotid endarterectomy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2010
- Citation
- 1007505
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What this means for you
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