The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses provided at Frick Hospital on May 1, 2020 was denied because the claim was filed outside of the 90-day timely filing limitation.
The deciding factor: The claim was received more than 90 days after the treatment date and did not meet the timely filing requirement under 38 C.F.R. § 17.1004(d).
- Claimed conditions
- epigastric pain, cough
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2024
- Citation
- A24034881
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left basilar atelectasis, which is also claimed as a cough. The effective date of this grant is August 9, 2023.
- Granted
The Veteran's epigastric pain, diagnosed as GERD, is at least as likely as not related to his active military service. The Board granted service connection for this condition.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 10 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected cough and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for hyperacusis/periodic inner ear pain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for a cough to afford him a VA examination due to his reported ongoing symptoms and conceded burn pit exposure.
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