The Board has determined that the appellant's report of unreimbursed medical expenses paid from January through December 2007 may not be used to reduce her countable income for the period from February 14, 2008 through February 13, 2009.
The deciding factor: The appellant failed to submit evidence of changes in income and/or paid unreimbursed medical expenses showing that she was under the applicable income limit for the calendar year 2007 during that year.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1031039
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