The Veteran's claim for reimbursement of private medical expenses incurred from May 7, 2004 to June 10, 2004 is denied as VA facilities were feasibly available and the treatment was not in response to a medical emergency.
The deciding factor: VA facilities were feasibly available and the Veteran did not experience a medical emergency that would have made delay hazardous to his health or life.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive retinopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- July 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1025935
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the claim for service connection for hypertensive retinopathy to ensure compliance with a Joint Motion for Remand, which requires providing notice of the right to a pre-decisional hearing.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertensive retinopathy as it is not secondary to a currently service-connected condition.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a vision disability, to include diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, open angle glaucoma, blepharitis, left eye optic neuritis, and hypertensive retinopathy, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus.
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