The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses for a condition aggravating a service-connected disability were reimbursed as VA or other federal facilities were not feasibly available.
The deciding factor: The treatment involved a nonservice-connected disability associated with and held to be aggravating a service-connected disability, the treatment was provided in a medical emergency, and VA or other federal facilities were not feasibly available.
- Claimed conditions
- arthropathy of the right upper extremity, chronic airway obstruction
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2015
- Citation
- 1517875
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What this means for you
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