The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Fremont Area Medical Center on June 21, 2010, and June 22, 2010, are approved as the nearest VA facility was not feasibly available and a prudent layperson would have sought treatment from a private hospital.
The deciding factor: The emergent nature of the Veteran's symptoms and the significant distance to the nearest VA medical facility made seeking care at a private hospital reasonable and necessary.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatica nerve injury, degenerative joint disease of the right knee, right ankle neuropathic joint with severe degenerative changes, callus formation on the left foot, degenerative joint disease of the left knee, right hip bursitis, mechanical low back strain with sciatica, left hip bursitis, bilateral hearing loss disability, callus formation on the right foot, bone spur of the left fifth metatarsal
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2014
- Citation
- 1423377
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus, finding that there is no credible evidence linking these conditions to his active service.
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