The Board granted payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred from October 25, 2013, to January 12, 2017, under CHAMPVA, extending the appellant's deadline for filing a claim due to good cause.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was good cause for extending the appellant’s deadline for filing her retroactive benefits claims following CHAMPVA eligibility and granted payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred from October 25, 2013, to January 12, 2017.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19181155
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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