The Veteran's unauthorized private medical expenses incurred during his rehabilitation care from May 28, 2009, to June 9, 2009, are not eligible for payment or reimbursement because the treatment was not related to a service-connected disability and did not constitute an emergency requiring immediate attention.
The deciding factor: The private rehabilitation care provided at CCMH from May 28, 2009, through June 9, 2009, was not rendered in a medical emergency of such nature that delay would have been hazardous to the Veteran's life or health. The VA facilities were feasibly available and an attempt to use them beforehand would have been reasonable.
- Claimed conditions
- Asthma, Cervical spine whiplash injury residuals, Low back strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2011
- Citation
- 1110980
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