The Board denied the appellant's claim for reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Mercy Anderson Hospital due to lack of prior authorization and failure to meet all criteria under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1725.
The deciding factor: The emergency treatment provided was not for a service-connected disability, did not involve a non-service-connected condition aggravating a service-connected disability, the appellant was not in receipt of a total disability rating at the time of admission, and there were no feasible VA facilities available. Additionally, the appellant failed to meet all conditions required under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1725 for reimbursement.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal pain, gastroenteritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1009692
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