Granted
The Veteran's claim for reimbursement of travel expenses to a VA Medical Center in Sacramento, California on November 6, 2023, is granted. The Board found that the closest pulmonology department to the Veteran's residence was at the Sacramento VAMC.
The deciding factor: The Board applied the benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine as the evidence was evenly balanced regarding the closest facility.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25001913
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