The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Banner Gateway Medical Center on November 19, 2016 is denied because he did not receive medical services from VA within the preceding 24 months.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not have a qualifying service-connected condition and was not eligible for payment under the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act due to lack of prior VA treatment in the last 24 months.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19162269
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