The Veteran's appeal for reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at WRMC, WPH, and ancillary non-VA facilities is granted. The decision was based on the invalidation of a previous regulation that barred reimbursement in cases where a Veteran had partial coverage under health plans.
The deciding factor: The Court invalidated a previous regulation that previously barred reimbursement for Veterans with partial third-party medical coverage.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2018
- Citation
- 18140622
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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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