The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses for emergency treatment received at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center on August 2, 2012 is granted as all criteria for payment under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1725 have been met.
The deciding factor: The Veteran presented credible evidence that seeking emergent care at the nearby private medical facility was reasonable given his symptoms and circumstances, including his distance from the Wichita VAMC and his condition of Alzheimer's disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Facial pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2013
- Citation
- 1339755
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- Denied
The Veteran's facial pain, claimed as nerve damage, is not considered a qualifying additional disability for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to lack of causation and fault on the part of VA.
- Granted
The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Cape Coral Hospital on August 20, 2008 are approved as the closest VA facility was not feasibly available and no emergency treatment was needed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran seeks service connection for facial and head pain, which he claims is secondary to his service-connected myofascial pain syndrome of the lumbosacral spine. The case requires additional development including obtaining SSA records and a VA medical examination.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a verified seizure disorder, hearing loss disability, facial and eye pain, right big toe disorder (including bunion and bruise), bone spurs, or leg pain due to service. Service connection is denied for all issues.
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