The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at a private hospital on September 28, 2010 were not rendered in an emergency situation. The Board found that the evidence did not support reimbursement under either Section 1725 or 1728.
The deciding factor: The treatment provided was for a check-up of a pre-existing condition (pacemaker implantation) and not in response to an emergency, which is required by law for unauthorized medical expenses to be reimbursed.
- Claimed conditions
- Pacemaker implantation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2012
- Citation
- 1211923
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- Denied
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