Denied
The Veteran's medical travel by ambulance on November 19, 2014, to a non-VA facility was not authorized by VA and thus payment or reimbursement for these expenses is denied.
The deciding factor: Prior authorization from VA was not provided for the Veteran's non-emergency ambulance travel on November 19, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19102467
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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