The Board has granted the Veteran's request for payment or reimbursement of the cost of outpatient medical services provided by Dr. L at University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colorado on November 7, 2014 as this care was required to complete treatment incident to VA authorized surgery.
The deciding factor: The initial surgery and follow-up visits were all part of VA authorized care for the Veteran's leg fracture, and the Board found that Dr. L, a VA physician who had already performed the initial surgery at UCH, arranged for the Veteran to see him at UCH for the required post-surgery follow-up.
- Claimed conditions
- leg fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19147836
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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