The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical services provided by private healthcare providers on August 27, 2007 is denied as the services were not related to a service-connected disability and he had not received treatment within the VA system in the preceding 24 months.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's appendicitis was not associated with his service-connected traumatic arthritis. He did not receive medical care from the VA system within the 24-month period prior to August 27, 2007.
- Claimed conditions
- ruptured appendix
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1010513
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to the need for additional development and medical opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions, including colon cancer, liver cancer, a heart disability (claimed as high cholesterol), a heart attack, high blood pressure, a gall bladder disability, and a ruptured appendix. The records from February 2004 to January 2011 need to be obtained and associated with the claims file.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a ruptured appendix is denied because he does not have a current disability. The claim for post-appendectomy scar is granted.
- Granted
The Board found that the Veteran's ruptured appendix, abdominal hernia, scars, and abdominal deformity are caused by VA's failure to timely diagnose and treat his appendicitis in 2002 or 2005. The event was not reasonably foreseeable.
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