The Board denied the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 and payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred at University of Colorado Hospital in April 2015.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that VA's failure to detect or treat a cardiac condition proximately caused the Veteran's heart attack, nor was there any other basis for entitlement to compensation under § 1151. Additionally, the Veteran was not eligible for reimbursement of medical expenses at UCH as he had no adjudicated service-connected disabilities and did not have prior authorization from VA.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart attack
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- 25014114
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