The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at a private facility on May 3-4, 2011 were denied as he did not meet the criteria for reimbursement under VA regulations.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was not service-connected for any disability and had health insurance coverage through Medicare which precluded payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses.
- Claimed conditions
- non-service-connected disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 14, 2014
- Citation
- 1406782
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