The Veteran's emergency treatment for his shoulder in March 2011 was denied reimbursement because he had not received medical services under authority of 38 U.S.C. chapter 17 within the preceding 24-month period, and thus did not meet the criteria for reimbursement.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to satisfy the statutory criteria for medical expense reimbursement due to his failure to receive VA treatment in the preceding 24-month period.
- Claimed conditions
- shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18103482
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