The Veteran's appeal for payment or reimbursement of unpaid medical expenses from October 23 to 25, 2014 at Baptist Medical Center is denied as VA cannot reimburse veterans under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1725 for any copayment, deductible, coinsurance, or similar payment that the veteran owes the third party or is obligated to pay under a health-plan contract.
The deciding factor: VA regulations prohibit reimbursement for any copayment, deductible, coinsurance, or similar payment that the Veteran owes the third party or is obligated to pay under a health-plan contract.
- 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 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19164294
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What this means for you
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