Get Advice on VA Claims for Reimbursement of Emergency Medical Expenses at Non-VA Facilities
The Veterans Health Administration has had trouble in properly handling claims filed by veterans or their non-VA health care providers for reimbursement of emergency medical expenses incurred at non-VA facilities. The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) may be able to give you advice at no cost to you on what to do if your case fits one of the following types:
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Types of cases on which we may be able to give advice |
How to obtain advice from us |
| Have you ever had problems getting a VHA medical facility or employee to accept the written reimbursement claim you wanted to submit? |
If yes, write to us at reimbursement.help@nvlsp.org and describe what happened. |
| Has VA sent you a letter denying you reimbursement for emergency medical expenses related to an emergency that occurred between February 2010 and November 2022? | If yes, send us a copy of the denial letter at reimbursement.help@nvlsp.org. Note that we won’t be able to provide any advice unless you send us the denial letter. |
| Has VA sent you a letter listing its reasons for denying you reimbursement for emergency medical expenses and one of the reasons was “Your claim was not timely filed within 90 days of the following….“? | If yes, send us a copy of the denial letter at reimbursement.help@nvlsp.org. Note that we won’t be able to provide any advice unless you send us the denial letter. |