The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred during his private hospitalization at Baptist Clay Medical Campus for a TIA were granted payment or reimbursement by VA.
The deciding factor: The claims were timely filed as the Veteran and the providers exhausted attempts to obtain payment from Tricare, which was not known until after the initial denial of the claim due to incorrect information regarding the Veteran's Tricare coverage.
- Claimed conditions
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19186126
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.
What you can do next
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