Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred during a non-VA hospitalization from Tampa Bay Radiology Associates on October 15, 2014. The decision was based on the Veteran meeting all other criteria under the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act.
The deciding factor: The Veteran timely filed his claim for payment or reimbursement within 90 days of exhausting efforts to obtain payment from Medicare.
- 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 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20068882
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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