The Veteran's unauthorized non-VA medical expenses incurred for treatment at Mayo Clinic from February 10, 2016 to February 11, 2016 are denied as the care did not meet the criteria for payment or reimbursement under VA regulations.
The deciding factor: The emergency condition was not severe enough and a prudent layperson would not have reasonably expected that delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to life or health.
- Claimed conditions
- penile area pain, testicular pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2021
- Citation
- 21007998
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded all issues on appeal due to a failure by the RO to provide notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's testicular pain causing impairment in earning capacity is granted as service-connected. The initial rating for the lumbar spine disability remains at 40 percent.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a new VA examination to determine the severity of the Veteran's scrotum and testes condition, including whether it manifests in or aggravates erectile dysfunction.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for multiple conditions has been withdrawn by the Veteran.
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