The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of prescription medications purchased in Pakistan is denied because the medications are not used for a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The medications were not used for treatment of a service-connected disability or any disability associated with and held to be aggravating a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine, Chronic bronchitis, Degenerative changes of the bilateral hips and knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19112373
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What this means for you
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