The Veteran's claims for reimbursement of non-VA medical care received at Bangkok Hospital from May 22, 2016 through May 26, 2016 and on May 27, 2018 were denied as the conditions were not service-connected.,The Veteran's claim for reimbursement of non-VA medical care received at Bangkok Hospital on March 20, 2017 was remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the cause or aggravation of his forehead wound by his service-connected De Quervain’s disease of the right wrist with radial sensory neuroma.
The deciding factor: The conditions were not service-connected and thus did not meet the criteria for reimbursement under applicable regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Abdominal aorta aneurysm, Cardiac condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19129772
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