The Board has determined that the Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred on April 19, 2010 at a private hospital is timely filed. The merits of the reimbursement claim will be addressed in further proceedings.
The deciding factor: The claim was deemed timely based on the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 17.1004(f), which allows retroactive payment or reimbursement for emergency treatment received by a veteran after July 19, 2001 but before May 21, 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- high blood pressure, left-sided facial numbness, left-sided arm numbness, left-sided torso numbness, left-sided leg numbness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 2, 2014
- Citation
- 1419709
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Dismissed
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