The Board denied the Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at non-VA medical services on November 29, 2011 due to lack of evidence showing authorization by VA, delay in seeking treatment would not have been hazardous, and VA facilities were feasibly available.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no evidence available to show that the non-VA medical care provided was authorized by VA, the medical event was of such a nature that delay would have been hazardous to the Veteran's life or health, or that VA facilities were not feasibly available to provide the non-emergent treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20060761
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